The bottle thrown in the middle of the North Atlantic by a French director was intercepted more than twelve years later by a young American.
The bottle has been sailing in the waves of the Atlantic for nearly twelve years. At the beginning of January, she was intercepted on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean by a young American named Clint Buffington, reports France Blue Gascony. By uncorking it, this specialist in finding bottles overboard comes across a message with an email address. And therefore decides to contact the author of this letter.
The woman behind this message is called Lucie Robin. A French director now 43 years old. It was she who took the initiative of throwing a bottle overboard, in the middle of the North Atlantic, August 5, 2009. At the time, she accompanied three Landes sportswomen: Alexandra Lux, Flora Manciet and Stéphanie Barneix. These were trying to Try the challenge to join Capbreton, in the Landes, to Capbreton in Canada, by paddleboard. Following this expeditionthe director had made the documentary The Odyssey of a Dream.
It is in the middle of the crossing that Lucie Robin had the idea of throw that bottle overboard. “In the middle of the night, we had just been told that we had officially completed half of the expedition. We were right in the middle of the Atlantic. It was a way for me to immortalize this day filled with joy “she explains to the newspaper Ouest-France.
Lucie Robin: “I thought it was a hoax”
followed a decade of silence, no return, dead calm. Until the beginning of 2022. “I received a message from an English-speaking man, a certain Clint Buffington. He explained to me that he lived in the United States and that he had found my message. At first, I thought it was a joke , I thought it was a hoax”, says the director. In order to prove his statements, the young man sent him photos and a video of sound incredible discovery. For Lucie Robin, there is no longer any doubt, her bottle in the sea has landed well in the hands of this American. And the director still can’t believe it: “It’s incredible. I never thought I would see this letter again”.
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After a decade, an American finds a bottle thrown into the sea by a French champion
The woman behind this bottle by the sea is called Lucie Robin. She took the initiative to throw a bottle into the sea, in the middle of the North Atlantic, on August 5, 2009
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After a decade, an American finds a bottle thrown into the sea by a French champion
At the time, she accompanied three sportswomen from the Landes who were trying to take up the challenge of going from Capbreton, in the Landes, to Capbreton in Canada, on a paddleboard.
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After a decade, an American finds a bottle thrown into the sea by a French champion
By uncorking the bottle, Clint Buffington came across a message accompanied by an email address
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After a decade, an American finds a bottle thrown into the sea by a French champion
This is how he came into contact with the French director