Boats - Sailing - Ships
Jul. 07, 1967 - For a Trip around the World: Will Rollo Gebhard start in about 4 weeks. In St. Margherita in teh Mediterranina Sea ( near Genua)the 45 years old actor and dealer in records from Garmisch, who had already caused a sensation three years ago when he crossed the Atlantic in his nut-shell in a record time of thirty days, will put out to sea. With his Solveig III, a 7.25 m long and 2, 30 m broad glass-fibre boat of the type Condor - it has an area sails of 25 cm and was built in a wharf as the Chiemsee - Gebhard will sail towards West. His route: St. Margherita - Balearan - Gibraltar - Madeira - Canary Isles - Karibisches Meer - Panama - Tahiti - New Zealand Neuguinea - South Africa ( Cape of Good Hope) - St. Helena - Europe. The sailor around the world, who makes this trip quite alone and who intends to make film shows and reports about his adventures on this trip in many places, wants to be at home again in course of August the Solveig III is to be brought form Bavaria to Genua / Italy from where Rollo Gebhard will put out to sea. Photo shows Rollo Gebhard loading this boat
