 | In 1969, Briton John Fairfax
became the first person to row across the Atlantic single-handed.
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| In 1952, Frenchman Alain
Bombard made the first crossing in a rubber dingy. |
| In 1988, another Frenchman,
Remy Bricka, took 64 days to "ski" across the Atlantic on
polyester floats.
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| Guy Delage holds the record
for the first transatlantic crossing in a microlight, in 1991.
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| In August 1988, three North
American "artists" accompanied by their three dogs successfully
sailed across the Atlantic in a 50ft boat constructed entirely from junk.
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| In September 1998, British
windsurfer Jason Gilbert completed a 2,200-mile, three-man journey from
Newfoundland to Dorset. "The first thing I want to do now is go for a
pint," he said. |
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September 25th 1998 a 31 year old French man was the first to swim across
the Atlantic stopping just once for a week in the Azores. Mr Ben
Lecomte swam for six hours a day beside his support boat and within a
25ft electromagnetic field called a 'protective ocean device' which protected
him from sharks. It took him 73 days. He had to eat for four hours every day
to replace more than 9,000 calories burned while swimming. |
