The yacht crew drifted ten hours on a raft after collision with a whale

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In the Pacific Ocean after collision with a whale the sailing Raindancer yacht sank. After that to four crew members ten hours on a saving raft were necessary to drift, reports newspaper "The Washington Post". the 13-meter Raindancer yacht made three-week transition from Galapagos Islands to French Polynesia. Collision with a whale happened for the 13th day of travel when the 31-year-old owner of the yacht Rodriges Rick was on duty. Unexpectedly it and other crew members, at that moment eating vegetarian pizza, heard a roar, and the yacht started sinking. After crash the alarm system worked...