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Row Boat Sinks, Ending Trans-Atlantic Bid
AP - Yahoo ^
| May 7, 2006
| Heidi Vogt
Posted on 05/07/2006 6:43:00 PM PDT by EveningStar
DAKAR, Senegal - A New Yorker's attempt to become the first black American to row solo across the Atlantic ended when his homemade boat sprung a leak hours after he left the coast of Africa Sunday.
Victor Mooney radioed for help after his boat started taking on water, according to a press release on his Web site. He was rescued by the Senegalese navy, but the 24-foot craft he built for the journey sank into the ocean...
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aids; eaidsaidsaids; everyonehasaids; rowboat; rowrowrowyourboat; slavery; snicker; victormooney
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To: EveningStar
Victor Mooney, aka Ron Obvious...
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posted on
05/07/2006 6:47:17 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
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To: EveningStar
I'm glad he was safely rescued but sorry he couldn't complete the trip. Whether you agree with his motives or not, my hat is off to a man who embarks on an adventure like this.
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posted on
05/07/2006 6:52:34 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: EveningStar
Hard to put an optimistic spin to this story ... poorly planned, poorly executed.
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posted on
05/07/2006 6:52:41 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: BluH2o
A fellow from
Cleveland had a much better go at something similar many years ago . . . .
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posted on
05/07/2006 6:55:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
05/07/2006 6:56:41 PM PDT
by
Dead Dog
To: EveningStar
If your homemade boat sinks hours into the start of your transoceanic journey maybe you shouldn't be making boats.
Or you should have a little more rigorous testing.
To: EveningStar
The Atlantic has a long history of racism. You remember the Titanic? It was a proud black ship on its maiden voyage until it met a white Atlantic iceberg.
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:06:07 PM PDT
by
battlecry
To: EveningStar
Hmmm, seems his boatbuilding skills leave something to be desired.
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:08:10 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: EveningStar
A New Yorker's attempt...Whose flag is that? The Bronx's??
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:09:34 PM PDT
by
Buffalo49
(W said there will be those who will forget September 11--Never Forget!!)
To: EveningStar
Certainly not merry now; but we all knew that this was but a dream.
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:10:41 PM PDT
by
Cyclopean Squid
(History is a work in progress)
To: Buffalo49
LOL! It's Senegal, from where he departed.
To: Buffalo49
Does the Bronx even have a flag? :)
To: EveningStar
I kind thought it might be that...but if you were heading out across the broad Atlantic in a mere rowboat; and, say, you were from, oh, I don't know, say the United States; you just might want to fly the Stars and Stripes, I'm thinking...
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:31:30 PM PDT
by
Buffalo49
(W said there will be those who will forget September 11--Never Forget!!)
To: VoiceOfBruck
Victor Mooney, aka Ron Obvious... "Today,Ron will proceed to eat Chichester Cathedral"
To: Buffalo49
I glad he wasn't flying the Stars and Stripes from POS tub.
Semper Fi
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:35:05 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: river rat
Yeah, he may be an American, but that's certainly not an American-flagged vessel. Just another sad instance of the Atlantic projecting its racism.
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:36:29 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: EveningStar
Well damn! I should have stuck to painting chickens.
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posted on
05/07/2006 7:38:03 PM PDT
by
devane617
(The truth, not politics, is right for our beautiful America.)
To: Buffalo49
He was departing from Senegal.
To: river rat
He probably would have taken down the Senegalese flag and hoisted the American flag at the halfway point of the trip.
Why are we talking about flags? :)
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