Career
In September 1987 Allum completed his westward crossing of the Atlantic, from Street John"s, Newfoundland to Dooagh on Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. The journey took 77 days and very nearly ended in disaster. Allum died in Heston, Middlesex, in 1992.
British rock band Marillion released an eighteen-minute song called "Ocean Cloud" on its 2004 album Marbles based on Allum"s 1987 crossing.