Word: sailor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...incoming warheads. The lapse would prove tragic. Despite the frigate's sophisticated gadgetry, the first word that she was under attack came in a most ancient seagoing manner: a lookout spotted the incoming "flying fish" skimming just 15 ft. above the water. Like Captain Ahab sighting Moby Dick, the sailor shouted a warning into his intercom to the bridge...
Almost 15 hours passed before the first rescue ship -- a Panamanian & freighter, the Friasi -- could reach the scene. It was followed by the Scamp, a nuclear-powered Navy submarine, which managed to pull one sailor to safety. Two more ships, including an Israeli vessel, converged on the area, but were unable to save any of the remaining crew...
...Friasi then spotted a sailor aboard a lifeboat and dropped a 30-ft. rope ladder. Drained of his strength after 22 hours in the howling storm, the crewman struggled slowly up the ladder. Only a few feet from safety, he was struck by a mountainous wave and lost in the water...
...STOCKY SAILOR-TYPE GUY with spider
...best and unlikeliest sailor in the world cannot swim, does not really like sailing much, but single- mindedly loves competition. He has already written the book about how he comes back to capture the America' s Cup. Australian Iain Murray intends to rewrite the ending. -- All it takes to win is three years of planning, two years of training and millions of dollars. See SPORT...