Sailor achieves 1152 continuous days at sea for new record

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6:24 PM Fri 18 Jun 2010 GMT

'Reid Stowe - Anna arriving in Manhattan - Photo Kathy Willens' .

A long LONG range cruising sailor is back on dry land after more than three years continually at sea. Artist and adventurer Reid Stowe had been 1152 days at sea without stopping and without being re-supplied with either food or fuel, establishing a new world record. Stowe, who's 58, docked his 70ft schooner at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday in Manhattan in New York City. It was the first time he had touched land in 1,152 days. He anchored in New Jersey for a few days but didn't get off the boat. Stowe also met his two-year-old son for the first ...

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