The tragic end of a 75-year-old adventurer

The journey of a 75-year-old French adventurer ended tragically when his body was found in a boat trying to cross the Atlantic.

The Portuguese Coast Guard succeeded in spotting the boat Jean-Jacques Savin, capsized off the Azores archipelago, last Friday, according to "Sky News Arabia".

Safin had sailed from the southern side of mainland Portugal in early January, but his team had lost contact with him since Thursday night, which prompted its members to seek help from the competent authorities.

And according to the British newspaper, The Guardian, Safin had previously crossed the Atlantic Ocean alone in a barrel in 2019, on an adventure that lasted 127 days.

According to the same source, Savin was hoping to reach the Caribbean again, this time using a rowboat 8 meters long and 1.7 meters wide.

Members of the Safin team revealed that they had received two distress signals from the adventurer prior to his departure, in which he told them that he was facing great difficulties, without giving further details.

And he informed Safin before his news broke that he switched from using a powered desalination device to a manual one, according to his daughter, in a post on her Facebook page.

Savin set out on his trip in conjunction with his 75th birthday celebration, carrying 300 kilograms in his boat, including equipment, dried food, a spear gun for hunting, a heater and two water desalination devices.

"It is a special way to make fun of the old age you have reached by sailing the Atlantic," said the adventurer before setting sail.

I will row eight hours a day, and I will continue my progress until the strong winds blow.”

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