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lay on the beach, damaged and filled with sand. Moitessier and crews from other yachts spent days digging a trench but the salvage costs were too great so he sold the wreck to Reto Filli (Swiss) and Jo
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as a means of controlling his moods, he started to think of not returning to Europe, which he saw as a cause of many of his worries. The idea of continuing his voyage on again to the
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