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Steve Fossett
In what may be the final chapter following the mystery of his disappearance, Steve Fossett was remembered recently at a gathering in Chicago.

Friends, family and close associates of the renowned adventurer attended a private memorial to him entitled ‘A Celebration of a Life of Adventure.’

Over 100 people from across the globe met at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium to honour and pay tribute to the man and his many achievements. The specially invited guests viewed an audio visual presentation recalling Fossett’s life of adventure since his early years as an Eagle Scout in California. Eulogies from close friends and from his niece Geneva gave an insight into what motivated the quiet unassuming man who at one time held 116 world records (over 20 of them in sailing) in five different disciplines.

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Gitana 13 Will Leave Dalian for Qingdao Tomorrow
Four days after arriving in Dalian, the maxi-catamaran in the colours of the LCF Rothschild Group will now continue its Asian adventure and head south to Qingdao. A town in the Chinese province of Shandong, Qingdao will play host to the sailing events in the next Olympic Games. As a result, it will be a symbolic stopover for the Gitana Team as well as being another opportunity to try and snatch a record time from Ellen MacArthur. The English sailor covered the 265 miles which separate Dalian from Qingdao in 1 day 2 minutes and 53 seconds. Despite the short distance to cover, Lionel Lemonchois and his men know that these few miles across the Yellow Sea could well reserve some unexpected encounters, such as the numerous fishing boats and drifting nets which slowed the maxi-catamaran’s progress during the record between Yokohama and Dalian.

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Titanic to the Rescue
Next time when sailing at sea you see a large ship and they are difficult to avoid and more difficult to contact, and you are about to curse all the large ships in the world, spare a thought for the Titanic.

A voluntary organisation of world wide ships which had its genesis with the sinking of the Titanic was last month responsible for yet another rescue of sailors in distress. The organisation - AMVER - rescued of the crew of a drifting trimaran 80 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, as the photo to the left dramatically shows. The ‘Amver participating’ container ship Milan Express rescued the two sailors after the wife of one of the crew contacted the US Coast Guard.

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