Artemis officials, who expect to launch a second boat next month, did not attend a news conference or return phone calls.

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He clung to a shipwreck on the Goodwin Sands before being rescued by a fishing boat, transferred to an RAF launch and brought ashore at Ramsgate, where he was greeted by a large crowd and presented with a packet of cigarettes by an elderly woman.

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In this recreation zone, the public can launch a kayak, canoe or other nonmotorized boat without a permit or cost, said spokesman Dash Stolarz of the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, which manages the pilot recreation zone.

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Cambridge's president is Wayne Pommen, who missed out last year when his boat crashed into a motor launch on the eve of the race.

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