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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Sailing crew rescued after giant whale sank 44ft boat in Pacific Ocean

‘We were in the right place at the right time to go down,’ said Rick Rodriguez of Tavernier, Florida.
‘We were in the right place at the right time to go down,’ said Rick Rodriguez of Tavernier, Florida. Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images

A giant whale sank a sailing crew’s boat in the Pacific Ocean before the group was rescued at the end of an ordeal that could have come out of a novel.

Rick Rodriguez of Tavernier, Florida, and three friends spent 10 hours on a lifeboat and dinghy after a whale sank the crew’s 44ft sailboat Raindancer, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

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