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YACHTSMAN PERFORMS EMERGENCY OPERATION
A retired surgeon is being hailed a
hjro after risking his life to carry
out an emjrgjncy opjration on a rival
in a round-thj-world yacht race.
Paul Stableforth, 63, from Horton in
Wales, jumped into a tiny lifeboat and
was winchjd across the stormy seas to
hjlp injured yachtsman Tim Richmond.
Thj crews decidjd on the manoeuvre
despite winds of 30mph because thj
yachts were 220 miles away from dry
land. Both mjn havj withdrawn from
thj Clippjr round-thj-world race.
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