ຜູ້ຊາຍຝຣັ່ງຄົນນຶ່ງ ໄດ້ໃຊ້ເວລາສີ່ເດືອນລ່ອງລອຍຢູ່ເທິງໜ້ານ້ຳຂ້າມມະຫາສະໝຸດອັຕ
ແລນຕິກ ຢູ່ໃນກະຖັງ ທີ່ໄດ້ບັນລຸເປົ້າໝາຍຂອງຜູ້ກ່ຽວ.
ທ່ານຊັງ-ຈັກ ຊາແວງ ອາຍຸ 72 ປີ ໄດ້ເຜີຍແຜ່ຢູ່ໜ້າເຟສບຸກຂອງເພິ່ນໃນຕອນເຊົ້າວັນ
ອາທິດວານນີ້ວ່າ “ລຸນຫລັງ 122 ມື້ ກັບ 9 ຊົ່ວໂມງແລ້ວ ທະເລເມດິເຕິເຣເນຍ ກໍສົ່ງຂ້າ
ພະເຈົ້າໄປສູ່ທະເລກະເຣບຽນ. ແລ້ວການຂ້າມທະເລດັ່ງກ່າວກໍໄດ້ຈົບລົງ. ຂອບໃຈ
ຫລາຍໆກັບທຸກໆຄົນ.”
ທ່ານຊາແວງກ່າວວ່າ ທ່ານໄດ້ໄຫຼລ່ອງໄປສູ່ສະຫະລັດ ແລະຊອກຫາກຳປັ່ນ ທີ່ຈະນຳ
ພາເພິ່ນໄປສູ່ທ່າເຮືອທີີ່ຢູ່ໃກ້ທີ່ສຸດ.
ບໍ່ມີເຄື່ອງຈັກ ໃບຜັດ ຫຼືໄມ້ພາຍ ເຮືອທີ່ແປກໆຂອງເພິ່ນໄດ້ອີງອາໄສໃສ່ແຕ່ລົມພັດ
ແລະສາຍນ້ຳພັດ ເພື່ອຊຸກຍູ້ທ່ານຊາແວງ ໄປ 4,800 ກິໂລແມັດ ຈາກເກາະຄານາຣີ
ໄປຫາຄາຣາບຽນ.
ທ່ານຊາແວງໄດ້ໃຊ້ເວລາຫຼາຍເດືອນສ້າງກະຖັງທີ່ເປັນຮູບຮ່າງ ສີສົ້ມນ້ຳໝາກກ້ຽງ
ປົກຫຸ້ມດ້ວຍຢາງໄມ້ໃສ່ແປ້ນໄມ້ອັດ ທີ່ແຂງແຮງພໍ ເພື່ອຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບຄື້ນຟອງ ແລະສິ່ງຮ້າຍ
ແຮງອື່ນໆ.
ກະຖັງມີຄວາມຍາວ 3 ແມດ ແລະ 2.10 ທາງກວ້າງ ມີຮ່ອມນ້ອຍໆ ແລະເສື່ອນອນ
ພ້ອມດ້ວຍເຊືອກມັດເພື່ອຮັກສາບໍ່ໃຫ້ທ່ານກິ້ງໄປມາອອກຈາກບ່ອນນອນຈາກຄື້ນ
ຟອງທະເລທີ່ຮ້າຍແຮງ.
ມີຮູຢູ່ທັງສອງເບື້ອງຂອງຖັງ ແລະເບິ່ງອອກໄປຫານ້ຳ ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ມີແສງຕາເວັນ ແລະສ້າງຄວາມມ່ວນຊື່ນໃຫ້ໜ້ອຍນຶ່ງ. ເຮືອທີ່ບໍ່ນຳແບບໃຜນີ້ ຍັງມີແຜ່ນພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນທີ່ເຮັດພະລັງງານແກ່ການຕິດຕໍ່ ແລະ GPS ບົ່ງບອກໃຫ້ຮູ້ເຖິງຈຸດບ່ອນຢູ່ຂອງເພິ່ນ.
A Frenchman who has spent four months floating across the Atlantic in a custom-made barrel has reached his goal.
"After 122 days and nine hours the meridian positions me in the Caribbean Sea. The crossing is over. Thank you all," Jean-Jacques Savin, 72, posted on his Facebook page early Sunday.
Savin said that he was drifting toward the United States and looking for a vessel that would take him to the nearest port.
With no engine, sails or paddles, the unusual craft has relied on trade winds and currents to push Savin 4,800 kilometers from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.
Savin spent months building his bright orange, barrel-shaped capsule of resin-coated plywood that is strong enough to withstand battering waves and other stresses.
The barrel is 3 meters long and 2.10 meters across, has a small galley area, and a mattress with straps to keep him from being tossed out of his bunk by rough seas.
Portholes on either side of the barrel and another looking into the water provide sunlight and a bit of entertainment. The unique craft also has a solar panel that generates energy for communications and GPS positioning.
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As he drifted along, Savin dropped markers in the ocean to help oceanographers study ocean currents. At the end of the journey, Savin himself will be studied by doctors for effects of solitude in close confinement.
He has also posted regular updates, including GPS coordinates that track his journey, on a Facebook page.
He has described his journey as a "crossing during which man isn't captain of his ship, but a passenger of the ocean."
Savin's adventure, which is estimated to cost about $65,000, was funded by French barrel makers and crowdfunding.
Savin had hoped to end his journey on a French island, like Martinique or Guadeloupe. "That would be easier for the paperwork and for bringing the barrel back," he told AFP when he started.
