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FOR THE RECORD - July 18, 2009

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Sailing: An article in Friday’s Sports section on Zac Sunderland’s becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world said that Karen Thorndike was the first American woman to solo-circumnavigate the planet. In fact, Tania Aebi was the first American woman to sail around the world alone, completing the voyage in 1987.

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