'I didn't think I'd make it through the storm, but now I'm really doing good.' After three months adrift at sea, an Australian sailor and his dog were found and rescued by a Mexican tuna boat.
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock smiles as he speaks during a welcoming ceremony by Grupo Mar after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican tuna boat"Maria Delia," owned by Grupo Mar, from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land.
Shaddock described himself as a quiet person who loves being alone on the ocean. Asked why he set out in April from Mexico's Baja Peninsula to cross the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia, he was initially at a loss. Shaddock said he had been well-provisioned, but a storm knocked out his electronics and ability to cook. He and Bella survived on raw fish.“The energy, the fatigue is the hardest part,” he said. He passed the time fixing things and stayed positive by going into the water to "just enjoy being in the water.”
Shaddock said the tuna boat became his land and that Bella was an immediate hit with the crew. He also explained how he and the dog met.
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