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A 62-year-old French man seems to have had a lot of luck on his side as he had survived for 16 hours after his sailing boat capsized in the Atlantic ocean by staying in an air bubble.

The 12-metre vessel, which had set sail from Portugal’s capital Lisbon, had also sent out a distress signal late on Monday evening from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Spanish coastguards found the upturned boat, but the sea was too rough to rescue him – so the sailor had to wait until morning.

The man’s survival …