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BOC is the abbreviation of:
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- ↑ Lloyd, Barbara (25 October 1994). "Alone in a Sea of Trouble; BOC Yacht-Race Rescue Came While the Boat Was Sinking". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
