Highly awarded Californian hero sailors now win New Zealand award

9:57 PM Sat 2 Apr 2011 GMT

'Contis accepting previous award' .

They have already won an International Marine Organisation (IMO) award for bravery, a Cruising Club of America Award, and Sail-World made them one of the To Ten Heroes of the Year. Now the Californian couple have been honoured again for their courage and superb seamanship in rescuing three people, including a New Zealand woman, off a stricken yacht south of Fiji. (See Sail-World stories: IMO , CCA and Top Ten Heroes .) Sophie and Maurice Ugo Conti have both been awarded honorary New Zealand Bravery Medals for the rescue which took place early on October 13, 2008. The citation says the couple and their ...

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