{"id":720234,"date":"2026-06-07T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720234\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T03:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:13:11","slug":"coast-guard-rescues-sailor-off-newfoundland-attempting-transatlantic-record-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/720234\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast guard rescues sailor off Newfoundland attempting transatlantic record – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted June 6, 2026 3:07 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Canadian Coast Guard<\/a> has rescued a sailor attempting to set a world record for the shortest boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

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In a statement, the coast guard said it was advised on Friday morning that the sailor of a 1.2-metre vessel needed help.<\/p>\n

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The coast guard says the boat, called the Big C Atlantic Challenge, was about 120 kilometres east of Grates Cove, a small town at the tip of eastern Newfoundland\u2019s Bay de Verde Peninsula.<\/p>\n

The statement says the CCGS Sacred Bay rescued the sailor at around 2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

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The coast guard says the Sacred Bay brought the sailor to Old Perlican, N.L., also on the Bay de Verde Peninsula, but the Big C Atlantic Challenge boat was abandoned.<\/p>\n

The Big C Atlantic Challenge website says the sailor was attempting the record-setting transatlantic journey to raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n

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