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TOO HURT TO WORK?

Times photos ­ FRED VICTORIN

David Paulsen applied for a disability pension from the Largo Police Department in 1994 a few months after skippering a five-man crew aboard his 33-foot sailboat in the annual Clearwater-Key West regatta. He's shown here recently hopping onto his boat, Solar Wind.

(This was created using a series of still photographs saved as as special GIF format)