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Marathon sailing effort completed by Robert
48 HOURS FOR WORLD'S LONGEST CONTINUOUS SAIL

Rob Dowling (centre) who sailed around Broadmeadow Estuary for 48 hours.
Wednesday July 22 2009
DONABATE resident Robert Dowling sailed into the record books this weekend, having completed the world's longest continuous sail. Robert, known to many as 'the Amazon Man', successfully sailed around Broadmeadows Estuary in Swords non-stop for 48 hours in his 30-year-old 14foot dinghy sail boat.