Health problems prevented Leo Rosette, here training on the Charles River, from finishing a 2008 Atlantic crossing.
(Mark Wilson/ Globe Staff/ File 2008)
Rower, 59, tries Atlantic crossing again
Health problems prevented Leo Rosette, here training on the Charles River, from finishing a 2008 Atlantic crossing.
(Mark Wilson/ Globe Staff/ File 2008)
Three days after he launched his custom-made boat from the Canary Islands in December 2008 in a bid to become the oldest American to row across an ocean alone, retired deputy US marshal Leo Rosette was forced to quit because of excruciating stomach pain. (Full article: 630 words)
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