On Alec Frydman’s first-ever voyage as a commercial fisherman in October 2023, fishing for albacore tuna off the coast of Washington State, his boat sank 20 miles offshore and his captain was drowned. This is how he survived

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Richard Ayres makes his first Mayday call when his yacht is dismasted and prop fouled close to the Manacle rocks

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