French adventurer dies while rowing solo across the Atlantic, a week after celebrating 75th birthday

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BORDEAUX (AFP) - A 75-year-old Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic 'to laugh at old age' was found dead at sea on Saturday (Jan 22), his support team said. Portuguese coastguard found Jean-Jacques Savin's overturned boat off the Azores archipelago on...

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Mr Savin was hoping again to reach the Caribbean, this time in a rowing boat eight metres long and 1.70m wide, with a rowing station at its centre.

His daughter in a Facebook post said a search operation"was immediately set in motion in coordination with the French, Portuguese and US sea rescue services". Shortly after leaving, unfavourable wind conditions had forced the adventurer to extend his trip by 900km.On Wednesday, he had reported"strong swell and... wind" on Facebook, adding that he had been forced to switch from using an electric water desalinator to a backup one operated by hand.Mr Savin, who said rowing across the Atlantic was a way to"laugh at old age", had celebrated his 75th birthday the previous Friday, on board his two-cabin boat.

Later, when the coronavirus pandemic hit, he gave advice to fellow Frenchmen on how to avoid cabin fever during stay-home periods.

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