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Aggies Lost at Sea?
Let's hope they are in the raft.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5825012.html By JENNIFER LEAHY Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle "A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday morning. All six aboard the 38-foot sailboat Cynthia Woods, a Cape Fear 38R, are missing. The missing are four students from Texas A&M-Galveston and two university staff members, the school said. "All aboard are experienced mariners and two are safety instructors," said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello, who noted that there was an inflatable raft on the sailboat. Participants in the Regata de Amigos, a 630-nautical mile race, left Galveston on Friday at about 2 p.m. The Coast Guard received a phone call at 8:15 Saturday morning from the emergency contact for the sailboat who said they lost communication with the sailboat at approximately midnight. The sailboat also missed its 8 a.m. radio check. A Falcon jet crew located the empty sailboat and a search is under way for the six missing people." Fred |
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