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Almost on the reef

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The story of one couple's rescue at sea after their boat was holed during a cyclone is presented. The use of a COSPAS-SARSAT system enabled their distress call to be picked up quickly. Advice on the use of satellite aided rescue tracking is given.

Author: Ansell, Maggi
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2000
Usage, Artificial satellites, Satellites (Spacecraft), Sarsat (Artificial satellite)

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Shipwrecked! Twenty days in a life raft

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A French sailor describes her experiences after her boat sank in the the Solomon Islands. She drifted 20 days in a life raft before being rescued in Papua New Guinea.

Author: Pare-Lescure, Claudine
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1992
Shipwrecks

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119 days upside down

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Four men aboard a trimaran survived for 119 days when the boat capsized on a voyage between New Zealand and Tonga. One of the survivors describes the experience.

Author: Nalepka, James, Callahan, Steven
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1992

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Survival
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