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The only selection criteria is people must be over 18, pass a three-week sailing course and be physically fit enough to complete the epic voyage.
CNN: November 8, 2012 -- Updated 1414 GMT (2214 HKT)
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After being selected from almost 800 applicants, the 27-year-old novice sailor quit her retail assistant job, packed up her house and moved to Britain for an intensive sailing course.
CNN: November 8, 2012 -- Updated 1414 GMT (2214 HKT)
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He also said Ms Unwin was advised to embark on a sailing refresher course before taking to the water, something the missing woman also appears to have ignored.
BBC: Mary Unwin: Hope fades for lone yachtswoman
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It is not, of course, all plain sailing, particularly within India and China, which have both relied on years of rapid economic growth to try and employ ever-growing numbers joining the workforce.
CNN: Could Asia pull the world out of recession?
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It has not, of course, all been plain sailing.
ECONOMIST: Face value
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But there are also sports scholarships for rich white students who play preppie sports such as fencing, squash, sailing, riding, golf and, of course, lacrosse.
ECONOMIST: Lexington: Poison Ivy | The
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Of course it was not all plain sailing.
ECONOMIST: Is the best yet to come?
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The three ocean course attempts will be monitored by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.
FORBES: Sailing With Maserati and Giovanni Soldini
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Beijing might be willing to chart a separate security course into the future -- but New Delhi is sailing on a multilateral tack.
CNN: Intelligence: The Sharks Are Circling...
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The paper issued a graphic comparing Friday's sailing with an earlier sailing by the liner, suggesting that Friday's route had deviated far from its usual course.
BBC: Costa Concordia cruise ship captain 'went off course'