Aleksander Doba
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Aleksander Doba lives in Police
near Szczecin
, Poland
is the first person who sailed alone using only muscles power directly from continent to continent across the Atlantic ocean for 5394 kilometers in a 7 meter ocean kayak
. Doba's effort is believed to be the longest open-water crossing ever undertaken by a kayaker, roughly 99 days, 6 hours. He used to be 65 years old when making this achievement. The previous longest kayak crossing belonged to Peter Bray
, 76 days in 2001, from Newfoundland to Ireland. Doba's journey started at 15:30 Polish summer time on 26 October 2010 in Dakar
, Africa
and lasted for 99 days when he reached Brazil
touching for the first time the dry land at 10:12 local time (after 98 days, 23 h and 42 min of paddling). He then reached Acarau at 17:50 local time (99 days, 6 h, 20 min).
Mean speed achieved during the expedition: 2.26 km/h, mean 24 h distance: 54 km, max. 24 h distance: 126.5 km.
When he arrived to Brazil he weighed 64 kg. He lost 14 kg in 14 weeks of the journey.
After resting there, he plans to paddle 6,000 kilometers north along the shorelines of the Americas to Washington, D.C.
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He was attacked and robbed when paddling in his transatlantic kayak from Peru to Brazil on Amazon river about 20 km from Coari in Brazil.
Doba has also paddled in kayak among others around the Baltic Sea
(in 1999, 80 days, 4227 km), from Police
to Narvik
(in 2000, 101 days, 5369 km) and around Lake Baikal
(in 2009, 41 days, 2000 km). He also jumped 14 times with parachute, piloted for 250 hours gliders, and practised cycling. He holds a marine yacht steersman licence.
Police, Poland
Police is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It is the capital of Police County. As of 2006, the town had 34,284 inhabitants. The name comes from Polish pole, which means "field"....
near Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
is the first person who sailed alone using only muscles power directly from continent to continent across the Atlantic ocean for 5394 kilometers in a 7 meter ocean kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...
. Doba's effort is believed to be the longest open-water crossing ever undertaken by a kayaker, roughly 99 days, 6 hours. He used to be 65 years old when making this achievement. The previous longest kayak crossing belonged to Peter Bray
Peter Bray
Peter Bray was, in 2001, the third person known to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in a kayak but the first one to paddle west to east and also the first one not using sails to help his paddling...
, 76 days in 2001, from Newfoundland to Ireland. Doba's journey started at 15:30 Polish summer time on 26 October 2010 in Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and lasted for 99 days when he reached Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
touching for the first time the dry land at 10:12 local time (after 98 days, 23 h and 42 min of paddling). He then reached Acarau at 17:50 local time (99 days, 6 h, 20 min).
Mean speed achieved during the expedition: 2.26 km/h, mean 24 h distance: 54 km, max. 24 h distance: 126.5 km.
When he arrived to Brazil he weighed 64 kg. He lost 14 kg in 14 weeks of the journey.
After resting there, he plans to paddle 6,000 kilometers north along the shorelines of the Americas to Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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He was attacked and robbed when paddling in his transatlantic kayak from Peru to Brazil on Amazon river about 20 km from Coari in Brazil.
Doba has also paddled in kayak among others around the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
(in 1999, 80 days, 4227 km), from Police
Police, Poland
Police is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It is the capital of Police County. As of 2006, the town had 34,284 inhabitants. The name comes from Polish pole, which means "field"....
to Narvik
Narvik
is the third largest city and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population. Narvik is located on the shores of the Narvik Fjord . The municipality is part of the Ofoten traditional region of North Norway, inside the arctic circle...
(in 2000, 101 days, 5369 km) and around Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the world's oldest at 30 million years old and deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 metres.Located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, it is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the...
(in 2009, 41 days, 2000 km). He also jumped 14 times with parachute, piloted for 250 hours gliders, and practised cycling. He holds a marine yacht steersman licence.