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NEW YORK — There is something about the sea that has caused Victor Mooney to lose all reason.
When the 24-foot wooden rowboat he built by hand for a transatlantic attempt in 2006 sank hours into his trip from Senegal, he went out and got another, built by a professional. When that boat’s drinking water systems failed two weeks into his second attempt in 2009, necessitating a rescue, he chalked it up to bad luck. Now, he is trying again.
Mooney departed from a marina in the Cape Verdean islands about 7:30 a.m. Saturday. He pointed his bow west toward the Caribbean and hopes to land in Brooklyn in six to eight months.
