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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 01/06/2009 :  12:47:11  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
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Notice anything missing?
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redviking
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Response Posted - 01/06/2009 :  12:58:15  Show Profile
keel bulb? Apparently the man is trapped inside!
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/06/2009 :  13:12:02  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Good eye, I didn't see it the first time & wondered what caused him to go over.

The Chilean navy is inbound with a RIB & divers, and there are two other racers & a freighter standing by to assist. The freighter's trying to keep him in the lee, but the seas are too heavy to launch their lifeboat to assist apparently.

Scary, hope he gets out OK.
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 01/06/2009 :  14:18:13  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Exactly the type of news I DO NOT want my wife to look at. All my long term efforts of explaining why our boats cannot flip over would evaporate in seconds!
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 01/06/2009 :  14:57:16  Show Profile
He has been rescued.
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redviking
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Response Posted - 01/06/2009 :  22:29:14  Show Profile
<font size="1">Quote: "Exactly the type of news I DO NOT want my wife to look at. All my long term efforts of explaining why our boats cannot flip over would evaporate in seconds!"</font id="size1">

How about flipping at 61 knots!

http://sailmagazine.com/racing/61_knots_flip/

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