Peter Tangvald
Per Tangvald
Born(1924-09-27)27 September 1924
Oslo, Norway
Died22 June 1991(1991-06-22) (aged 66)
Bonaire
Cause of deathShipwreck
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)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.[1][2] 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]

Bibliography

  • Sea Gypsy. Kimber. 1966. ISBN 0718303202.
  • At Any Cost: Love, Life & Death at Sea : An Autobiography. Cruising Guide Publications. 1991. ISBN 0944428096.

References

  1. 1 2 Doane, Charles. "SEA GYPSY: Early Adventures of Peter Tangvald". www.wavetrain.net. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Sailor Peter Tangvald Remembered". bonairereporter.com. Bonaire Reporter. 18 July 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Tangvald, Peter (1991). At Any Cost: Love, Life & Death at Sea: An Autobiography. Cruising Guide Publications. ISBN 0944428096.
  4. ↑ Doane, Charles (9 May 2014). "THOMAS TANGVALD: Declared Lost At Sea". www.wavetrain.net. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Remembering Thomas Tangvald - Sail Magazine". Sail Magazine. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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