A French septuagenarian, who had been rowing across the Atlantic
since January 1
, activated his distress beacons on Friday and his team reported this Saturday that he has had "no contact" since then.
Jean Jacques Savin
, who turned 75 on January 14 aboard his canoe
Audaz
, eight meters long and 1.70 wide, had set sail on January 1 from
Sagres
(southern
Portugal
) to become "the dean of the Atlantic", with a feat to "mock old age".
"Unfortunately, since 00.34 yesterday morning (Friday), we have not had any contact or manifestation from you," his team said.
"Our concern is great, as you can imagine," they added, and that the adventurer activated "his two distress beacons, indicating that he is in great difficulty."
In a message sent to her friends,
Manon
, the daughter of Jean Jacques Savin, has pointed out that "they are very concerned."
"Everything was carried out immediately in coordination with the French, Portuguese and American sea rescue services."
According to the communication manager of the volunteer team, Jean Jacques Savin was - at the time of the last contact - on the high seas, north of
Madeira
, and was heading towards the small island of
Ponta Delgada
, in the
Azores
archipelago , to repair your boat.
After being diverted due to bad winds and having considerably lengthened its planned route, the septuagenarian had serious problems, caused by failures of electric batteries and solar collectors.
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