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Edward Allcard, Solo Sailor on the High Seas, Dies at 102

By George Day · On August 22, 2017

Edward Allcard, who was said to be the first person to sail both ways across the Atlantic singlehandedly –save for a stretch with a young woman who stowed away on his return home to England–died on July 28 in Andorra, a principality in the Pyrenees Mountains, where he lived. He was 102. His Wife, Clare Allcard, said the cause of death was complications from a broken leg.  A bearded adventurer who loved life alone at sea –he also circumnavigated the globe alone– Mr. Allcard was a child in England when he first thought of sailing for America. Read more.

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