The Girondin Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, who was trying to row across the Atlantic and whose relatives had not heard from since Friday, is still missing, the Portuguese navy announced on Sunday.
On Saturday, his team had however announced that he had been found dead in his canoe, off the Azores.
"The search ended yesterday at the end of the day (Saturday) without it being possible to find the victim," the Portuguese navy said in a statement.
Asked by AFP, a spokeswoman for the navy explained that during the rescue operation the rescuers had "strong reasons to believe that a body could be inside" the cabin. of the canoe L'Audacieux.
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