Marin-Marie - Artist Info

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Paul Emmanuel Durand Coupel de Saint-Front, Marie Marin
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    MARIN MARIE, 1901-1987?Original Member Single-Handed Sailors' Hall of Fame


    Marie Marin was an artist, writer and a sailor. In 1933 he made the voyage from Brest to New York via Madeira and the West Indies under sail. In 1936 he brought the Arielle, a wooden power cruiser 42’7” LOA with a 75 hp diesel engine from New York to Le Havre under power.

    He therefore has the unique record of two single-handed Atlantic crossings, westward under sail and Eastward under power, bringing his yacht into port without a mishap in each instance.???

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    1933 Became the second Frenchman to sail across the Atlantic alone aboard ?Winnibelle 2 a Colin Archer type 36' gaff-rigged wooden cutter?193...

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