YACHTSWOMAN SAFE.—Edith Baumann, the 26-year-old West German solo yachtswoman who was rescued from the Atlantic when her trimaran Koala III started breaking up In heavy seas, talking to reporters on board the French military vessel Guepratte at Brest, France. Miss Baumann, a secretary from Aachen, West Germany, who took up sailing only a year ago, was the only woman competitor in the single-handed transatlantic yacht race.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31723, 5 July 1968, Page 10
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66YACHTSWOMAN SAFE.—Edith Baumann, the 26-year-old West German solo yachtswoman who was rescued from the Atlantic when her trimaran Koala III started breaking up In heavy seas, talking to reporters on board the French military vessel Guepratte at Brest, France. Miss Baumann, a secretary from Aachen, West Germany, who took up sailing only a year ago, was the only woman competitor in the single-handed transatlantic yacht race. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31723, 5 July 1968, Page 10
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