Blind sailor, partner set sail to cross Pacific

OSAKA, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (L) and his partner Jiro Shinbo set sail on a small yacht 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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