Rollo Gebhard
Rollo Gebhard (7 July 1921 – 27 December 2013) was a German multiple single hand maritime circumnavigator and author of books.
Rollo Gebhard
- Name
- Rollo Gebhard
- Born
- 7 July 1921
- Birthplace
- Salzburg, Austria
- Died
- 27 December 2013
- Place of death
- Bad Wiessee, Germany
- Occupation
- Circumnavigator and Author
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Rollo Gebhard (7 July 1921 – 27 December 2013) was a German multiple single hand maritime circumnavigator and author of books.
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• Name — Rollo Gebhard • Birth Name — Rollo Gebhard • Born — 7 July 1921 • Birthplace — Salzburg, Austria • Died — 27 December 2013 • Place of death — Bad Wiessee, Germany • Occupation — Circumnavigator and Author
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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.
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