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French sailors rescued 1,400 miles off Cape Cod
U.S. Coast Guard, reports that they, the Canadian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, a Canadian Forces CC-130 Hercules and two merchant vessels worked together to rescue four French sailors more than 1,400 miles east-northeast of Provincetown today. The 600-foot tanker Unique Sunshine, an Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) member, and the 250-foot oil rig tender Maersk Chancellor rescued the sailors after their boat, the 36-foot red-hulled sailboat Roule Ta Bille, capsized and the mast broke. The sailboat was righted, but could not make its way into port. More with photos http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2011/09/08/french-sailors-rescued-1-400-off-cape-co?blog=53
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