Adventurer, 75, dies trying to row solo across the Atlantic

A French adventurer identified for his audacious cross-Atlantic challenges has died whereas making an attempt a solo row throughout the ocean.

The physique of Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, was discovered within the cabin of his overturned boat by divers off the Azores Islands, a Portuguese archipelago in the course of the ocean.

Mr Savin, a former soldier, had set off for the journey from the southern tip of Portugal on January 1, anticipating it to take about three months.

He acquired into bother on Thursday night time and despatched up two misery beacons.

Household had not heard something from him since however nonetheless had a ‘glimmer of hope’, they wrote on Fb.

However the loss of life of Mr Savin was confirmed by way of his web page on the social networking web site, the place he had been chronicling his journey.

‘Sadly, the ocean this time was stronger this time than our pal, he who so beloved navigating and the ocean,’ the put up mentioned.

The precise circumstances of his loss of life haven't but been established.

Mr Savin had hoped to finish the journey in three months (Image: Getty)

His boat was named ‘audacious’ (Image: Getty)

Mr Savin mentioned his challenges have been a option to ‘chortle at previous age’ (Image: Getty)

On Wednesday, he’d written of encountering sturdy winds and having to depend on solar energy however reassured folks he was ‘not in peril.’

Mr Savin’s try and row throughout the ocean in his boat, named ‘Audacious’, got here after a profitable try and cross the identical ocean in a barrel in 2019.

Propelled by solely winds and currents, he accomplished the journey from Spain’s Canary Islands to the Caribbean in 127 days.

He had beforehand mentioned that his challenges have been a option to ‘chortle at previous age’.

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