'I Felt Hopeless': California Man Rescued After Surviving 30 Days Adrift at Sea
A Pasha Hawaii crew found him after his mast snapped and he ran out of water, then gave him food, clothes and a suite.
- On Tuesday, a Pasha Hawaii ship crew rescued Kai Sato, a 39-year-old solo sailor spotted roughly 900 miles from Hawaii after drifting at sea for about a month.
- After departing Catalina Island on June 7, Sato's 32-foot boat's mast snapped amid rough seas, and he ran out of fuel while attempting to motor back to shore. Stranded without communication, he drifted helplessly off course.
- To survive, Sato subsisted on oatmeal and fish or squid that landed in his boat. After running out of water on July 11, he collected condensation using buckets and plastic bags, saying, "I was just licking that to survive."
- The crew threw down a rope, allowing Sato to climb aboard the Pasha Hawaii ship. They provided him with a suite, clothes, and food, prompting him to say, "they were so good to me."
- Despite the ordeal, Sato is already planning his next expedition to the Philippines, some 7,500 miles from Catalina Island across the Pacific Ocean. The solo sailor remains undeterred by his recent survival challenge.
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How a California Man Survived 30 Days Lost at Sea With a Broken Mast
A guy on a sailboat making the journey from California to Hawaii survived a month lost at sea after his mast snapped, stranding him in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. As reported by Hawaii News Now, thirty-nine-year-old Kai Sato left California in June hoping to complete his first solo trek across the Pacific. Two […] The post How a California Man Survived 30 Days Lost at Sea With a Broken Mast appeared first on VICE.
Just two weeks after departure, the mast broke, forcing Kai Sato, 39, to drift without control over the situation.
He ran out of water, but not luck: California man’s mast broke and phone died; after 30 days alone in the Pacific, a container ship found him 900 miles from Hawaii
A California man survived thirty days adrift at sea after his sailboat lost its mast. Kai Sato was found nearly nine hundred miles from Hawaii by a container ship crew. He improvised repairs and collected condensation for water while surviving on limited food. The rescue operation took about an hour and a half to complete successfully. Sato expressed deep gratitude to the ship's crew for saving his life.
A 39-year-old man was rescued after more than a month of drifting in the Pacific Ocean, after the sailboat in which he was travelling suffered a breakdown during a solo crossing between California and Hawaii. According to Hawaii News Now, Kaichi "Kai" Sato left the Catalina Islands on June 7 with the aim of completing his first voyage of approximately 4,000 kilometers, but faced a sequence of problems that left him isolated in the high seas. Cou…
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