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	Quadriplegic Sails Solo

jmjoness

6-16-2008 11:15 PM

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sailing, paralyzed, quadraplegic, disabled, british

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6-17-2008 1:33 AM

jmjoness

Yea I know, I actually thought the same thing.

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The record-breaking quadriplegic sailor is set to sail solo round the British Isles using controls powered by her breath after technical problems forced her to postpone her challenge. Lister, 36, from Canterbury, Kent, will today embark on her journey sailing clockwise arou" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_eu/britain_quadriplegic_sailor"><P>Hilary Lister, 36, set sail alone in her boat from Dover on the southeast coast of <SPAN id="lw_1213663811_1" class="yshortcuts">England</SPAN>, steering her specially adapted yacht by blowing and sucking on straws to adjust the sails and tiller.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_eu/britain_quadriplegic_sailor"><P>Lister will sail about 18 hours a day and will come into shore every night. 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