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GUSTAF Traditional Cache

Hidden : 2/27/2024
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Den åländska skeppsredaren Gustaf Erikson föddes år 1872 i byn Hellestorp i Lemland. Inte långt från denna cache. Han ansågs vara världens sista stora segelfartygsredare. När övriga skeppsredare hade lämnat segelsjöfarten och övergått till maskindrivna fartyg fortsatte Gustaf Erikson att driva segelfartyg med bra resultat. Man kan säga att Andra Världskriget var det definitva slutet för kommersiell sjöfart med segelfartyg. Gustafs rederi fortsatte dock ännu många år framgångsrikt med motorfartyg. 

The Åland shipowner Gustaf Erikson was born in 1872 in the village Hellestorp in Lemland not very far from this cache. He was regarded as the last big owner of commercial sailing ships in the world. When other shipowners had left the sailing ships behind and turned to motordriven ships Gustaf continued operating sailing ships successfully. One can say that the 2nd World War constituted the definite end of sailpowered commercial ships. Gustaf's shipowning company, however, continued successfully with motordriven ships for many years after this. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TENA - SVE

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)