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CAIRO - It was near the Nile river village of Naga Hammadi where two Nubian crew members tried to take off with the wooden sailboat, making use of a brisk wind to dart away from its American owners.

"At first, we thought there was a mutiny," recounts Joshua Maricich, one of the two adventurers who were making their way up the Nile on an Egyptian felucca named Jasmine. "But we realised it was just nerves. It was a long day and they wanted to show us that they were in control."

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