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This is a genuine patch! Not a reproduction or imitation! It is extremely rare or even impossible to find any more!

 

This is the official embroidered patch worn by the crew of the famous research vessel "Alcyone", of the most famous underwater explorer of all time, Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau!

 

The patch is NEW and has never been sewn on clothing or any kind of fabric!

 

Size is 88mm x 49mm

 

 

The Ship.

 

Alcyone is a ship launched at La Rochelle in 1985 for the Cousteau Society. Alcyone was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. Alcyone's two turbosails augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of Calypso, Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.

Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau realized his dream of capturing the wind to propel a ship when, in 1985, from La Rochelle, France, Alcyone, called the ” Daughter of the Wind “, crossed the Atlantic and arrived triumphantly in the port of New York.

 

The myth of Alcyone.

 

The ships’ name comes directly from Greek mythology. The lovely Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, the Greek god of the wind, and her mother was either Enarete or Aegiale. Search for her story online.