Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba is less than ten days away from paddling his way into the record books and onto US soil to become the first man to kayak solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

With the winds and currents in his favour, Mr Doba’s latest update puts him less than 400 miles from his final destination in Florida. He set off from Portugal in October last year.

“He is moving fast — could be a week to 10 days in Florida,” said Mr Doba’s friend and fellow kayaker Piotr Chmielinski.

Mr Doba arrived in Bermuda on February 24 to repair a broken rudder, which came unhinged during five severe storms in January. The storms pushed him north, away from his originally intended course and towards Bermuda.

In order to restart his record bid, Mr Doba had to return to the point where he was blown off course, around 300 miles south of Bermuda, hopefully nullifying the assistance he received that might invalidate his attempt.

After he had spent a month on the Island, the Spirit of Bermuda and several sponsors stepped in to carry the 67-year-old retired engineer and his kayak, named ‘OLO’, back out to sea.

After three days the Spirit of Bermuda reached the point where Mr Doba had to temporarily abandon his crossing. But shortly after he and ‘OLO’ had been safely lowered into the ocean a large swell broadsided the three-masted sloop, causing it to roll on top of the kayak.

The 1,300lb kayak became trapped under the ship’s rub rail, inflicting damage.

“As soon as he [Mr Doba] hit the rolling water, a swell came causing Spirit to take a roll,” said Spirit of Bermuda CEO, Denise Riviere, at the time.

“The wing, the big structure on top of the kayak, got caught and pretty much crushed it. There was significant damage to the top of the kayak, so Olek [Mr Doba] cut the structure away.”

However, the 67-year-old retired engineer chose to forge ahead with his oceanic adventure.

Updates on Mr Doba’s progress are available here.