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Gérard d'Aboville (born 5 September 1945 in Paris) is the first man to row across two oceans solo: the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
News footage of d'Aboville as his rowing boat arrives on the coast of Washington State.

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Reel begins. People standing around on a dock appear to be looking out and waiting. Boats are docked, low lying mountains in the background.
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Mic check (still at the dock). Unseen reporter voice is heard, he states, He's coming.
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Large yacht slowly pulling into dock.
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B-Roll shots. Docked boats, voices are heard. Camera jumps back and forth, up and down. Getting focused and set up for event.
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More B-Roll shots.
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ECU pan Coast Guard boat as it slowly passes in front of camera.
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Gerard d'Aboville in his rowing boat with an American Flag flying, slowly pulls into the dock area. Crowd can be heard cheering. He lifts up his oars overhead and stands up in victory. The name of the rowboat, "SECTOR", written on side of the boat.
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Shots of the rowingboat slowly pulling in, an inflatable boat following closely with cameraman filming.
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Unseen narrator talks about the French "Sector" rowing boat with Gerard D'Aboville as he pulls into a dock on the Washington State coast and makes history in his 5,000 mile journey from Japan to Washington State.
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Various CU's of Gerard D'Aboville - he stands in his rowing boat and basks in the public adoration and coasts into the slip. Crowd of onlookers on the dock.
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D'Aboville stands and removes his outerwear preparing to get off the boat. Cameras and media folk surround him at the dock.
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D'Aboville's wife climbs on board the boat with him. He smiles and looks happy to be there.
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Pan out from the Sector to full view of the boat, D'Aboville and his wife at the dock. Folk yell questions at him and he happily responds
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CUs on smiling D'Aboville as he stands up to get off the boat, a young boy and girl close by most likely his children, and they all hug - tight!
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CU D'Aboville and wife hugs.
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American flag on the boat blowing in the wind.
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Onlookers at the dock waving small American and French flags.
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Mrs. D'Aboville and young daughter.
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Reporter at the scene. Pan to the docked Sector and crowd of onlookers on the dock.
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An older man reaches out and hugs D'Aboville, could be his father. Crowd applauds.
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