Blind sailor, partner set sail to cross Pacific

OSAKA, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (L) and his partner Jiro Shinbo pose for photos on a small yacht before setting sail from Osaka harbor on June 8, 2013. They plan to cross the Pacific Ocean in what the organizer calls the world's first such attempt by such a pair.

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