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Pacific survival exaggeration…

The article about me ‘Pacific Survival’ in September 2019 issue is nicely done, but has an error, writes six-time circumnavigator Webb Chiles. My inflatable was 9ft long, not 5ft. I have gone over my correspondence with you to see if I made a typo about the length, but don't believe I did. This is of no great importance, but should any of your readers question the 5ft, you will be aware. [ed: We are mortified!]

I have been on (my ultralight Moore 24) in San Diego for the past six weeks, during which time I repainted the interior, sanded and oiled the

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