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Rich Figueiredo, Pembroke Mass. Fishing Captain to appear in NatGeo’s ‘The Raft’ debut

A Pembroke man will appear on the debut episode of the National Geographic Channel’s new series “The Raft,” which will air next Sunday, April 5, at 10 p.m. “The Raft” is a test of both survival skills and human nature. Two rafts, each holding a pair of strangers, are set adrift hundreds of miles apart. In the premiere episode, titled “Bump in the Night,” he is paired with a travel writer, Payge McMahon , facing dehydration and swarms of sharks. Figueiredo is now captain of the Iron Maiden, a 98-foot swordfish boat at the Boston pier. Read the rest here 13:58