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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by foobarian on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:16PM (#14380490)
On that topic I found Steve Callahan's account [1] of how he survived 2.5 months on a lifeboat really impressive. The whole book was a series of "how in the did he pull that off" moments.

[1] "Adrift: 76 days lost at sea," Callahan, Steven (1986).

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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by proctor on Saturday May 20, 2017 @03:50PM (#14384040)
also on that topic, i am reminded of this story[0] where Salvador Alvarenga survived 14 months lost at sea.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost...

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