Rollo Gebhard

Rollo Gebhard (7 July 1921 – 27 December 2013) was a German multiple single hand maritime circumnavigator and author of books.

In WW II, he served in the Air Force (Luftwaffe) as a photographer.

With his wooden Solveig II he crossed the Atlantic in 1963 single handed.

In 1983 he started off to an 8-year cruise with his girl friend Angelika Zilcher (later his wife), including a term of 6 month without a stop.

From 2001 to 2003, he did a Europe-Russia-Europe cruise with his 7th boat Solveig VII, a Dutch-built motorcruiser.