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Frenchmen Reach Falmouth After 3000 Mile Atlantic Raft Crossing
Three French men led by Henri Beaudout plus two kittens landed at Falmouth England after 3000 miles adrift on a cedar raft named The Lost One. Beaudout, Gaston Vanackere, and Marc Modena from Montreal survived 35 foot waves, drank rainwater, and caught fish. They reached mid ocean by July 5 and were helped by a U.S. troopship doctor. one companion turned back ill. The raft measured 13 by 12 feet and carried a small sail and radio.
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Falmouth
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Bet
Atantic
Henri Beaudout
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Cornwall
Immigrations
Halifax NS
Gaston Vanackere
Marc Modena
Vanackere
Modena
Montreal
Gulf Stream
Atlantic
Mid Ocean
U. S