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The boy had been asleep and woke up to find himself alone aboard the Timonaire, sailing from Falmouth to Plymouth, said a coastguard spokesman. The boy's father was airlifted from the water about a mile and a half from the vessel, after being spotted by the warship HMS Roebuck. The boy was taken to Fowey, and placed in social services care.
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