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Canadian/BC (Saltspring Island based) solo sailor on the last legs of a Pacific circumnav was successfully rescued by a large car carrier between NZ and Hawaii.
The boat was apparently an 11 meter Bene, some news stories told of a knockdown and an opening of the hull/deck joint. He struggled for 5 days to keep her afloat apparently.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Canadian-sai...Force/tabid/417/articleID/339750/Default.aspx
The boat was apparently an 11 meter Bene, some news stories told of a knockdown and an opening of the hull/deck joint. He struggled for 5 days to keep her afloat apparently.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Canadian-sai...Force/tabid/417/articleID/339750/Default.aspx