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British sailor missing off French coast after yacht found ‘eviscerated’ in storm • Jan. 27, 2025, 4:39 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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William Francis Gibbs
American architect and engineer
Ben Lexcen
Australian yachtsman
Olin James Stephens II
American architect
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
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