Alain Bombard, who died in southern France on Tuesday aged 80, set off in 1952 to cross the Atlantic in a 15-ft inflatable dinghy equipped with a sextant, fishing apparatus, nylon filter, some books, ...

TOULON, FRANCE - Dr. Alain Bombard, who crossed the Atlantic in a dinghy to prove that shipwrecked sailors could survive off the sea’s bounty, died Tuesday in southern France, hospital officials said.

Dr. Alain Bombard, 80, who crossed the Atlantic in a small inflatable boat without food or water to prove that shipwrecked sailors could survive off the sea’s bounty, died Tuesday in southern France, ...

The young man had sailed alone on his raft for 51 days. When he boarded the British freighter Arakaka in the Atlantic three weeks ago, he had a thick, dark beard, and his rotted clothing was caked ...

Alain Bombard (Paris, 27 October 1924 – Paris, 19 July 2005) was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing in a small boat across the Atlantic Ocean without provision. He ...