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Barrel boat voyage ends in surf after two hours
London based adventurer Ted McNamara set out from Land's End in a 5-foot fiberglass drum named Marmaduke Jinks to row the Atlantic toward Miami. Spectators cheered as he capably launched, but a heavy swell pushed the craft back to shore and he was beached within two hours. McNamara, nearly 61, vowed to try again despite ridicule.
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