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Solo Rafter Abandons Voyage Across Pacific
sfgate.com/San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Saturday, August 31, 2002 | Michael McCabe, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 08/31/2002 10:13:48 AM PDT by American Preservative

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:40:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Hands gripped behind his back, standing ramrod straight on deck, Andrew Urbanczyk and his strange raft were hauled into Santa Cruz Harbor on Friday afternoon, frustrated in his quest to sail across the Pacific Ocean.

He was headed to Japan, or maybe Hawaii, or wherever the winds would take him.


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TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: pacific; rafter

1 posted on 08/31/2002 10:13:48 AM PDT by American Preservative
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