Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, left El Hierro in Spain's Canary Islands and hopes to reach the Caribbean in as little as three months.
His reinforced capsule contains a sleeping bunk, kitchen and storage.
He will drop markers along the way to help oceanographers study Atlantic currents.
"The weather is great. I've got a swell of one metre (3ft) and I'm moving at 2-3km/h," he told AFP news agency by telephone.
"For the time being my capsule is behaving very, very well and I've got favourable winds forecast until Sunday."
Mr Savin is a former military paratrooper and has also worked as a park ranger and a pilot.
He believes ocean currents alone will carry his resin-coated plywood vessel about 4,500km (2,800 miles) to the Caribbean.
Good luck to him
ReplyDeleteI guess he is old enough to die when he wants to! He has lived
ReplyDeleteEh..crazy old foolish risk taker👺
DeleteHe has written his will also.
Issokay
ReplyDeleteHmmm, he wants to pass his boundary
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