- Rollo Gebhard
Rollo Gebhard (b. "Rollo Gebhard"
July 7 ,1921 inSalzburg ,Austria ) is a German multiple single hand maritime circumnavigator and author of books.His father was a private scholar. The family lived in many places around
Europe . In WW II, he served in the Air Force (Luftwaffe ) as a photographer. In 1956 he bought his first boat, "Solveig I" (Swedish: sun-strength). With thisdinghy he sailed to theRed Sea . With his wooden "Solveig II" he crossed theAtlantic in 1963 single handed. SY "Solveig III" was his third boat, actually ayacht . He did two round the world cruises single handed with that from 1967 to 1970 and 1975.In 1983 he started off to an 8 year cruise with his girl friend Angelika Zilcher (later his wife), including a term of 6 month without a stop. Soon after in 1991, he founded a "Society for dolphin conversation".
From 2001 to 2003, he did a Europe-Russia-Europe cruise with his 7th boat "Solveig VII".
He published several books about his trips and about sailing itself.
External links
* [http://www.delphinschutz.org/grd-english/index.html Gebhard. 's Society for dolphin conversation]
* [http://www.terra-human.de/journal/web_entry.php?id=74 Segler-Legende Rollo Gebhard wurde 85 (German)]
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