The Bombard Story, by Dr. Alain Bombard

Dr Alain Bombard wanted to improve survival after ship wreck. He joined the league of self-experimenting scientists by putting himself in a small inflatable boat and crossing the Atlantic with only the supplies a small lifeboat would hold. He demonstrated that you could survive in an open boat crossing the Atlantic from Europe to Africa, surviving on plankton, water from fish, sea water and fish Translated by Brian Connell