MADURAI, India -- Just as dawn was breaking, retired Indian Navy captain Gaurav Gautam, his wife Vaidehi Chitnavis and their 12-year-old daughter Kaeya awoke to find themselves adrift in an endless expanse of blue-green water in the Andaman Sea, off Malaysia's northwest coast.
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Gaurav Gautam, a retired Indian Navy captain, and his wife, Vaidehi Chitnavis, make their way to Port Blair, India, in March aboard their sailboat, Reeva. (All photos courtesy of Gaurav Gautam and Vaidehi Chitnavis)
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