P210 CEEFAX 210  Sun 26 Oct  05:39/31
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 A yachtsman rescued after a week adrift
 in heavy seas off the north Devon coast
 has been speaking about his ordeal.    
                                        
 Mr James Curry, 33, from Plymouth,     
 was winched off his 21-foot yacht last 
 night after drifting in gale force     
 winds near Lundy Island.               
                                        
 He said he would have had little chance
 of survival if a trawler had not conj  
 to his aid and radioed for help.       
                                        
 Mr Curry was on his way from Falmouth  
 to Cork, when his sloop ran into heavy 
 seas. The £5,000 boat has been lost.   
                                        
                                        
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