Russian and French sailors were rescued by cargo ship Dugong Ace after cookiecutter sharks damaged their boat en route to Cairns
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The three crew of a stricken inflatable catamaran who were rescued after their boat was damaged by sharks have safely landed north of Brisbane.
Russians Evgeny Kovalevsy and Stanislav Beryozkin and Frenchman Vincent Garate were sailing from Vanuatu from Cairns in the Tion when a pod of 30cm cookiecutter sharks attacked the boat yesterday morning.
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