Rower embarks on solo voyage from Trans-Atlantic to France

Rower Trans Atlantic France In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 photo, Guirec Soudee is towed through some choppy water and into the fog by a crew from First Light Boatworks & Marine Railway as they make their way past the Chatham cut, to start his journey from Chatham, Mass., to France in his ocean rowboat, Romane. (Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times via AP) (Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times/AP)

By Associated Press

CHATHAM, Mass. — Rower Guirec Soudée has a 3,000-mile journey through the Atlantic Ocean before he hits home again.

The French rower has set off on a three-month journey from Cape Cod to his hometown and the small island of Yvinec in Brittany, France, reported the Cape Cod Times.

Before he rowed off to catch the winds on Tuesday afternoon, Soudée smiled, waved, and took photos.

The travel ahead of Soudée is more challenging than his previous voyages because of currents and storms in the Atlantic.

Soudée has been sailing the world since his early 20s. In 2013, he became the youngest person to sail to Alaska with a four-month stopover in Greenland, the newspaper said.

In December, he rowed from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean in 74 days but he capsized twice. He plans to reach Yvinec in 80 days in his vessel named Romane, the newspaper said.