Minister praises rescuers for plucking 3 MNR workers from Lake Ontario - Belleville Intelligencer
Ontario's minister of natural resources is praising all who helped rescue three Glenora-based MNR staff from Lake Ontario Monday afternoon. A large-scale search and sail boat rescue effort resulted in the trio being pulled from the lake south of Kingston more
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Missing sailor found alive on Green Bay - Chicago Tribune
GREEN BAY, Wis. - A man whose empty sailboat was found drifting in the waters of Green Bay was found alive early Monday and sail boat was rescued by helicopter. Brown County sheriff's officials say the 56-year-old Allouez (AL'-oh-way) man was reported missing
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Flood boat crew 'in fine spirits' - BBC UK News
The 60ft (18m) Clyde Challenger made an emergency call 125 miles (201km) off the coast around 2200 BST on Saturday, while taking part in a Tall Ships race. The crew - believed to be aged between 15 and sail boat 25 - were picked up from their yacht by another
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After three protests Danes win 49er skiff class in Croatian boat - International Herald Tribune
QINGDAO, China : QINGDAO, China Denmark's Jonas Warrer and sail boat Martin Kirketerp Ibsen were awarded the gold medal in the 49er skiff class Monday after a jury rejected a protest over a broken mast, a borrowed boat and sail boat capsized vessels in rough waters of
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Hilary abandons round Britain sail - East Kent Mercury
Quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister has had to abandon her attempt to sail round the British Isles. The 36-year-old, who set off from Dover in June, was trying to be come the first female quadriplegic to complete the feat. But she has been hit by bad
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Mid-ocean dinner date saves rower - BBC Americas
A British woman rowing solo across the Pacific has managed to rendezvous mid-ocean with a raft made from plastic bottles, in an encounter which may have saved her life. Paschal, Savage and sail boat Eriksen after a slap up meal of mahi mahi The two vessels
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Missing Boater Tells His Story of Survival - WBAY Green Bay
For Jim Nelson, Sunday started as a normal day on the Bay of Green Bay. "I just wanted to do a little sailing. I've been a sailor a long time," the 56-year-old Allouez man said. Nelson's dramatic survival has made national headlines after he treaded
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Demolition derby on the Qingdao chop - NBC Olympics
Rough seas and sail boat winds left capsized boats all over the course, as Denmark won the gold. QINGDAO, China (AP) - When a training session snapped the mast of standings leader Denmark shortly before its 49er medal race, it appeared obvious that the team's
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SWYC sailing team blocked in Olympic run - San Diego Union-Tribune
The Olympic medal hopes of the San Diego sailing tandem of Tim Wadlow and sail boat Chris Rast were dashed yesterday before the start of the final race of the 49er class in Qingdao, China. Wadlow and sail boat Rast, who sail out of Southwestern Yacht Club, were ranked
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