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Rollo Gebhard (July 7, 1921 – December 27, 2013) was a German multiple single hand maritime circumnavigator and author of books.〔(Rollo Gebhard obituary )〕 == Life == 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 this dinghy he sailed to the Red Sea. With his wooden ''Solveig II'' he crossed the Atlantic in 1963 single handed. SY ''Solveig III'' was his third boat, actually a yacht. 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 conservation''. From 2001 to 2003, he did a Europe-Russia-Europe cruise with his 7th boat ''Solveig VII'', a Dutch-built motorcruiser. He published several books about his trips and about sailing itself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rollo Gebhard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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