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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

08 May 1978

Page 5

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Winchester Evening Star

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Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

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May 08, 1978

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5

2000 Mile Ocean Odyssey Ends Near Florida

Four adventurers in slender 17 foot six inch kayaks completed a 2100 mile voyage from Venezuela to Florida. Beatrice Dowd and her husband led two companions Britons Ken Beard and Stephen Benson later replaced by Richard Gillett after Benson fell ill.

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Miami Beatrice Dowd Venezuela Florida Caribbean Cristobal de Colon Dowds Ken Beard Burton-on-Trent Stephen Benson Sussex Benson Haiti Richard Gillett Oxfordshire England Dowd Auckland New Zealand
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Goren Bridge 1978 and Ocean Kayaking Adventurers

Bridge experts discuss seven no trump decisions for slam tries with C Goren tips. In Miami, Beatrice Dowd Ken Beard and Richard Gillett from Britain kayak 17-foot craft across rough seas from Venezuela, facing a waterspout and a shark encounter during an 2100 mile voyage begun eight months earlier.

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Beatrice John Dowd Rear Auckland New Zealand Ken Beard Extreme Richard Gillett Britain Miami Cristobal de Colon Venezuela
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