Transatlantic Crossing - Transatlantic Raft Crossing

Transatlantic Raft Crossing

Alain Bombard crossed the Atlantic from East to West in 1952, spending 113 days adrift in a Zodiac, L'Hérétique.

In 1956, Henri Beaudout crosses the Atlantic from West to East, from Halifax to Falmouth, on a raft of wood and rope, L’Égaré II, in 88 days.

Another Atlantic crossing by junk raft was the Son of Town Hall, in 1998.

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