Hannes Lindemann
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Dr. Hannes Lindemann made two solo transatlantic crossings in a dugout canoe and a production seventeen-foot (approximately 5m) Klepper Aerius II double folding kayak). His book Alone at Sea (ISBN 3-925660-27-5) documents the trips, which were totally unassisted. He was motivated to make the trip by an interest in how the human body and mind respond to stress.
He had his boat delivered to the Canary Islands, before paddling to the Caribbean. He carried 154 pounds of supplies in the form of 60 cans of food, 96 of milk, and 72 of beer. He lost his stove on his first day out (it flared up and he knocked it overboard), and he had to catch fish to survive, as the food he carried was not sufficient for the journey. He used handmade sails to complement his paddling. The 3,000 mile trip to St Martin took him 72 days. En route he encountered hurricanes, but capsized only twice.
