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Default Lost American Sailor Located

A very lucky man:


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"SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A Chilean navy search plane has located an
American solo sailor on his disabled yacht off the southern tip of
South America, and a Chilean navy officer said rescuers will probably
reach him early Friday.

A fishing trawler was sailing to rescue the Southern California sailor,
Ken Barnes, whose round-the-world solo trip was interrupted a week ago
when his 44-foot ketch hit a storm that broke both its masts and soaked
Barnes' supplies and food.

Barnes, 47, lost contact with friends when the battery of his satellite
telephone ran down on Wednesday, but his girlfriend Cathy Chambers said
he managed another brief call again Thursday morning, saying he was
surviving on Pop Tarts and granola bars. He has a small cut on his leg,
she said."
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Complete story he
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

 
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