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

A row boat is seen overturned at sea after Portuguese navy said French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, who set off in a row boat from Portugal on January 1, in an attempt to cross the Atlantic solo, has disappeared at sea and the boat was found empty and overturned at sea near the Azores archipelago, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. Portuguese Navy/Handout via 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.

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 boat Audacious, but late on Sunday issued another statement signed by his daughter Manon that the body had not been recovered.

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