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Rescued sailor James Gaskin on the 200 Voices podcast
200 Voices an RNLI podcast

‘You think: “This is how it ends”’

152. The Sound of Rescue: James Gaskin

Trapped under a sail after being thrown overboard in pitch darkness, James Gaskin thought it was the end. He transports us miles out to sea on a stormy night off The Lizard.

Nearing the end of a solo sailing trip from Brittany to Ireland, James was enveloped by a foreboding darkness in the middle of a shipping lane. Caught in squalls, he battened down the hatches, but was thrown overboard. Utterly exhausted, and dreading that a giant tanker might run over him, he thought his time was up…

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