Windsurfers Cross Atlantic, east to west

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From: Richard Snell
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1986 19:31

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The following is an AP news item, with accompanying photo, which appeared on
19 Feb 1986 in _The_Toronto_Star.  Such fun.
The windsurfer appears to be little more than 1 metre wide, and perhaps
5 metres long.  The sails appear to be about 5 metres high.

Frenchmen Alain Pichavant and Stephane Peyron arrive in Guadeloupe
after making the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic on a tandem
surfboard.  The journey from Dakar, Senegal, took 24 days, 15 hours
and 20 minutes, covering 4,900 kilometres.

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Name:   Richard Snell
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