A 72-year-old French man has travelled across the Atlantic in a barrel-shaped orange vessel.
Jean-Jacques Savin set off on his journey in December from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands.
He travelled about just using ocean currents to drift the capsule across the Atlantic.
Mr Savin landed on the Caribbean after 122 days at sea on the 27th April.
The journey covered more than 4500km.
The former military paratrooper spent more than four months in the barrel, which is 3m long and 2.10m wide.
The strange vessel includes a sleeping bunk, kitchen and storage. It also has a porthole in the floor through which he was able to watch passing fish.
Mr Savin ate freeze-dried food, freshly caught fish and supplies offered by ships he passed on the voyage.
During the journey, the adventurer worked on a book about the experience, which he plans to publish later this year.
38 Responses
great job and amazing work
good work
is he still alive?
good job
Wow that is awesome. That is really cool.
wow
Wow this is so cool!
has he got food
thats cool
this is so cool
wow that is a long time how would he suvive on food
crazy but awesome i want to do it
cool
Wow that’s so cool but weird!!!
i want to do that literately
Cool
thats just awesome
That’s amazing
let me get in the orange cylinder with him
Great work
cool but weird
WOH THIS IS SO COOL
Woah
Wow, Amazing
What was the purpose of this?…….
I know, it is cool, but why did he do it? IDK
that is crazy
how long was he there for???
it would be cool for him to see all the fish go by
this is amazing this shows that the elderly can still do anything
Brilliant
Wow he’s brave
Wow
How did he servive that barrel for 122 days
I have never seen anyone do that before
you did really great well done!!!!!!!!
How does he do that!!?????????
How do u get electricity and were u board???
Meh. Not very good