Say What?!: Frenchman Attempting to Cross Atlantic in a ‘Barrel’

EL HIERRO, Canary Islands – A 71-year-old French man is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a motor-free capsule he dubbed a “barrel.”

Jean-Jacques Savin, a former military paratrooper, set out Wednesday from El Hierro in the Canary Islands in a barrel-shaped capsule he is planning to use to float across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean using only wind and current.

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