Mr Galassi, an experienced wakeboarder, found that his hand became trapped in the rope that was to pull him along.

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In another, he waves a 40-pound rope in his one hand while dribbling a ball in the other.

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She doesn't welcome a rope line or shake a hand she doesn't have to.

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Minutes later, his right hand froze in position, clenching the rope.

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An hour into the descent, Ben Yehuda removed the mitten covering two gloves on his right hand so he could hold Irmak and the rope more securely.

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Mariquita's crew trims her huge mainsail by hand, forming a line and tugging in the rope with methodical jerks.

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