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Relatives hopeful sailors will return

The four Argentine sailors disappeared in late August when a storm off Brazil's southern coast knocked out their luxury yacht's mast and rudder, but their families believe they're still alive. "You can survive adrift for a year or more," said Giovanna Benozzi, daughter of one and girlfriend of another of the four. El Tunante II, a 12.5-meter vessel, "is made to float and remains adrift somewhere in the south Atlantic", she said.