Bombard, Alain

Alain Bombard
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Name	Bombard, Alain Gender: M
Birthname	Alain Louis Bombard
born on	27 October 1924 at 09:30 (= 09:30 AM )
Place	Paris, France, 48n52, 2e20
Timezone	GMT h0e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Geslain
Astrology data	03°41' 21°34 Asc. 05°44'

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Biography

French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat.

On 19 October 1952 Bombard began his solitary trip across the Atlantic for the West Indies. He sailed in a Zodiac inflatable boat called l'Hérétique, which was only 4.5 metres (15 ft) long, taking only a sextant and almost no provisions. Bombard reports he survived by fishing (and using fish as source of both fresh water and food) with a self-made harpoon and hooks and harvesting the surface plankton with a small net. He also drank a limited amount of seawater for a long period on his trip. Bombard reached Barbados on 23 December 1952 after 4,400 km of travel. He had lost 25 kg and was briefly hospitalized. He published a book about his trip entitled "Naufragé Volontaire" in 1953.

Bombard died in the southern French town of Toulon on 19 July 2005 at age 80.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 19 July 2005 (Age 80)
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• Death, Cause unspecified 19 July 2005 (Age 80)
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Source Notes

Didier Geslain archive, 'navigateurs' pdf file, p. 5.

Categories

• Vocation : Medical : Physician

• Vocation : Politics : Other Politics

• Vocation : Science : Biology

• Vocation : Sports : Sailing/ Boating

• Vocation : Travel : Adventurer

• Vocation : Travel : Explorer

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer (Memoirist)