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La route du rhum le spectaculaire naufrage de guy delage et la place des normands
Guy Delage claims he is the first person to swim solo across the Atlantic Ocean (with the help of a kick board, from the Cape Verde Islands to Barbados). 16 December 1994. Logging six to eight hours a day behind a 15-foot (4.6 m) raft that carried his communications gear and food supply, Delage ate and slept on the craft when not in the water. After 55 days he had covered 2,100 nmi (3,900 km).
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- La route du rhum le spectaculaire naufrage de guy delage et la place des normands
- Le prao de Guy Delage lors de ldition 1982 40 ans de Route du Rhum 13
- Doubts about accomplishment
- References

Le prao de Guy Delage lors de l'édition 1982 - 40 ans de Route du Rhum - #13
Doubts about accomplishment

Delage's swim was not supervised. The New York Times published an article expressing several concerns that had been voiced:



References
Guy Delage Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA