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Originally Posted by Pete
Not a sailor - but looking at the pictures of the boat they still had the mast and main sail.
I've read stories of sailors who lost their mast and were still able to jerry rig a sail that got them to land.
I think they just didn't really want to hit land.
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They had a roller-furled jib, too. They were GTG. Although the Navy crew said that even they had problems handling it. Not sure why.
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