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Safety lines save life of solo Mini Globe Race sailor after MOB
Practical Boat Owner
|January 2026
External safety lines, rigged from the bow to the stern on both sides of the Mini Globe Race boat, Sunbear, have been credited with saving the life of entrant Eric Marsh.
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The 72-year-old skipper was 70 miles from Port Louis in Mauritius during the race's second leg when he went overboard, at night, from his 19ft Class Globe 5.80. At the time, he was clipping the boat's spinnaker pole to the lifelines on the foredeck before the boat was hit by a big wave.
This story is from the January 2026 edition of Practical Boat Owner.
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