French adventurer, 75, dies during solo Atlantic row

French adventurer, 75, missing at sea in rowboat attempt to cross Atlantic

LISBON (Reuters) - French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, who set off in a rowboat from Portugal on Jan. 1 to cross the Atlantic solo, has vanished at sea with his boat found overturned and empty near the Azores archipelago, Portugal's navy said. Read full story

French adventurer, 75, missing at sea in rowboat attempt to cross Atlantic

LISBON - French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, who set off in a rowboat from Portugal on Jan. 1 to cross the Atlantic solo, has vanished at sea with his boat found overturned and empty near the Azores archipelago, Portugal's navy said. The 75-year-old Savin's support team had said in a Facebook post on Saturday that his body had been found inside the cabin of his sleek, purpose-built

French adventurer attempting to row solo across the Atlantic is missing

French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin has disappeared while attempting to row solo across the Atlantic, according to a statement Sunday from the Portuguese navy, which said his boat was found overturned Saturday near the Azores. Savin’s support team initially said that he had died and that his “lifeless” body was found in the boat by Portuguese officials.

French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin dies during Atlantic crossing

The 75-year-old French adventurer, Jean-Jacques Savin, has died during a solo attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean, a Facebook post announced.

French adventurer, 75, disappears attempting to row solo across the Atlantic

Jean-Jacques Savin activated distress beacons Thursday night into Friday morning, his team said.

French adventurer, 75, dies attempting to row across the Atlantic solo

In his last dispatch, Jean-Jacques Savin said his solar power device was not working, and he was wary of weather forecasts indicating strong swells and high winds.