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When the engine of their 23-foot skiff failed they found themselves adrift and were forced to eat fish and seagulls to stay alive, he told the Coast Guard. Colombian sailor found alive after 2 ...
James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale.He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning.
An Australian sailor and his dog have been found alive after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean for two months. Australian sailor and dog found alive after two months stranded at sea Skip to main ...
José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012.
In 1983, Ashcraft's fiancé, 34-year-old British sailor Richard Sharp, was hired to deliver the 43-foot (13 m) yacht Hazaña from Tahiti to San Diego. The then 23-year-old Ashcraft accompanied him on the crossing. [2] [3] [4] The couple set sail from Papeete Harbor on September 22. [5] On October 12, the vessel was caught in the path of ...
A British sailor is lost at sea after his yacht was found "eviscerated" off the south-western French coast in stormy weather, maritime officials have said. The 73-year-old set off his distress ...
Steven Callahan (born February 6, 1952) is an American author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor. In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft . Callahan recounted his ordeal in the best-selling book Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea (1986), which was on The New York Times best-seller list for more than 36 ...
Devin Jeter was reported missing after he failed to show up for work at his Navy base