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US Woman Attempting to Row Solo Across Pacific Rescued
NBC Bay Area ^
| Saturday, Jun 13, 2015
Posted on 06/14/2015 12:21:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A U.S. woman attempting to cross the Pacific by rowboat has ended her solo attempt because of expected bad weather.
Sonya Baumstein was rescued off the Japanese coast on Saturday after sending out a distress signal, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Baumstein departed from Choshi, Japan, one week ago, hoping to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.
I’m afraid of losing my boat because I spent three years creating this thing,” Baumstein told NBC Bay Area before she departed. t She was headed for San Francisco but sent out the signal on Saturday around 2:20 p.m. about 155 miles off the coast of Japan.
A freighter traveling nearby rescued her at around 5 p.m. Saturday and passed her on to a coast guard ship around 8:55 p.m., the Japanese coast guard said.
Baumstein was hoping to finish the 9,600-kilometer journey by late September.
“It all depends on how you want to use the moments that you have in your life,” Baumstein said in her earlier interview, “and this is the moment in my life right now.”
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Well, the Atlantic has been done...
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posted on
06/14/2015 12:56:07 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: nickcarraway
Maybe she can apply to Guinness to be the first woman the row the pacific for one week before getting rescued?
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posted on
06/14/2015 1:06:28 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: Smokin' Joe
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posted on
06/14/2015 1:28:21 AM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: nickcarraway
She completed less than 200 miles of a 9600 km journey. Bravo to her for having the guts to try, but this is an epic fail. She didn’t think she would encounter any bad weather?
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posted on
06/14/2015 1:42:34 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/14/2015 2:54:32 AM PDT
by
Johnny B.
To: Rummyfan
She believed the name - Pacific.
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posted on
06/14/2015 3:43:16 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: nickcarraway
The solar panels are a cute touch.
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posted on
06/14/2015 3:55:43 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: 5th MEB
Yes, and the Pacific has been done solo before too.
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posted on
06/14/2015 3:57:46 AM PDT
by
Beach333
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
06/14/2015 4:08:29 AM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
To: nickcarraway
Where are the owl and the pussycat?
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posted on
06/14/2015 4:25:06 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
You don’t do this during the primary storm season. Failure of planning.
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posted on
06/14/2015 4:30:56 AM PDT
by
rstrahan
To: nickcarraway
I guess she never read “Unbroken”.
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posted on
06/14/2015 4:43:22 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: nickcarraway
“...has ended her solo attempt because of expected bad weather.”
That was completely...unexepected!
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posted on
06/14/2015 6:00:32 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: nickcarraway
That’s a pretty good effort for someone from San Fran.
Pray America is waking
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posted on
06/14/2015 6:04:14 AM PDT
by
bray
(Cruz to the WH)
To: Rummyfan
” She didn’t think she would encounter any bad weather?”
Well... The name of the ocean is The Pacific.
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posted on
06/14/2015 6:07:42 AM PDT
by
snoringbear
(E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
To: nickcarraway
Solo?
To: nickcarraway
This is really stupid. Was she trying to prove that girls can do anything?
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posted on
06/14/2015 6:38:17 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
“Where are the owl and the pussycat?”
Best laugh I’ve had today!
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posted on
06/14/2015 6:44:53 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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