(2)Horie sets sail on 2nd nonstop solo world yacht voyage

(2)Horie sets sail on 2nd nonstop solo world yacht voyage

KOBE, Japan - Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie, 66, waves as he embarks on a nonstop solo voyage around the world Oct. 1 from a yacht harbor in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, in a bid to repeat his achievement of the feat in 1974.

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