Frenchman begins bid to cross Atlantic in a barrel

Jean-Jacques Savin hopes to complete 4,500km journey from Canary Islands to Caribbean in three months

A 71-year-old Frenchman has departed on a journey across the Atlantic in a specially designed barrel capsule, which will use ocean currents alone to propel him across the sea.

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