Peter Tangvald Explained

Peter Tangvald
Native Name:Per Tangvald
Native Name Lang:no
Birth Date:27 September 1924
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Death Place:Bonaire
Death Cause:Shipwreck
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Sailor, author

Peter Tangvald (born Per Tangvald, 27 September 1924, died 22 June 1991) was a Norwegian sailor and adventurer. Known as one of the early deep-sea cruising pioneers and for his 1966 book Sea Gypsy, he reached notoriety after two of his seven wives had been lost at sea.[1] [2] [3] He himself drowned, along with his daughter Carmen, when his engineless yacht was wrecked in Bonaire in 1991. His son Thomas escaped the accident, but suffered a similar fate when his own yacht was lost at sea years later, in 2014.[4] [5]

In 2024, his daughter Virginia Tangvald, who was just five years old when her father died, released Ghosts of the Sea (Les Enfants du large), a multimedia book and documentary film project about coming to terms with the loss of her father and brother.[6] The book was published in September,[7] while the film, a Canadian-French coproduction, premiered at the 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma in October.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEA GYPSY: Early Adventures of Peter Tangvald. Doane. Charles. www.wavetrain.net. 2016-11-23.
  2. Web site: Sailor Peter Tangvald Remembered. 2001-07-18. bonairereporter.com. Bonaire Reporter. 2016-11-23.
  3. Book: Tangvald, Peter. At Any Cost: Love, Life & Death at Sea: An Autobiography. Cruising Guide Publications. 1991. 0944428096.
  4. Web site: THOMAS TANGVALD: Declared Lost At Sea. Doane. Charles. 2014-05-09. www.wavetrain.net. 2016-11-23.
  5. News: Remembering Thomas Tangvald - Sail Magazine. 2016-03-29. Sail Magazine. en-US. 2016-11-23.
  6. François Lestavel, "Virginia Tangvald : le monstre des mers". Paris Match, 27 September 2024.
  7. Philippe Chevilley, "Virginia Tangvald: l'écrivaine et l'ogre des mers". Les Echos, 12 September 2024.
  8. https://ctvm.info/lonf-au-fnc-2024-le-captivant-documentaire-les-enfants-du-large-de-virginia-tangvald-presente-en-premiere-mondiale/ "L’ONF au FNC 2024 : le captivant documentaire LES ENFANTS DU LARGE de Virginia Tangvald présenté en première mondiale"

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