Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months

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There were a lot of comments about his body mass after all that alleged time; I'm with the doubters...

By the way, did I mention my forthcoming book ' Seajet On Mars - My Survival Story After the Baked Beans Incident '.
 
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Oh yes, my student Einstein worked out that once one gains inertia, all it takes is the odd control fart to stay on course.

Outfits like Sunsail have relied on controlled farts for years.
 
He arrived on an atoll thousands of miles from anywhere emaciated and suffering from liver parrasites known to be a problem after extended periods of time living on raw food.
His drift coincides with prevailing currents and weather.

It has been proven before that sufficient food and water can be collected for survival adrift on the pacific
on balance of probabilities I believe the man.
 
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He arrived on an atoll thousands of miles from anywhere emaciated and suffering from liver parrasites known to be a problem after extended periods of time living on raw food.
His drift coincides with prevailing currents and weather.

It has been proven before that sufficient food and water can be collected for survival adrift on the pacific
on balance of probabilities I believe the man.
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Absolutely me too! So much cynicism in the world nowadays and as for the book, well if he's earned the T Shirt, why not write about the experiences - I'll be ordering a copy!
 
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I'm interested to know how otherwise the doubters think he transported the boat (which was not actually his) a few thousand miles to a remote island, and why?
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Simply because he turned up in such good shape.

If you take the trouble to read books like ' 117 Days Adrift ' by Maurice & Marilyn Bailey they could barely stand when rescued, but this bloke is bouncing around seemingly ready to go on ' ' Strictly Come Dancing ' or whatever it is !
 
The huge diffence beteen the baileys experience and this guy is that he was in a 25 foot fishing boat not a liferaft.In quiet weather he could get up and walk about a few paces something impossible in a small liferaft.

I think just a few days in a liferaft would leave you struggling to walk initially.
 
So did he catch a Marlin or something for protien then do a few laps jogging around the boat every day ?!

I love survival stories like John Ridgway & Chay Blythe rowing the Atlanic - the book is ' A Fighting Chance '

They were SAS with rations & barely made it.

Seeing that chap bouncing around I remain sceptical; has Chay Blythe or John Ridgeway commented ?
 
Don't know what fish he caught or exactly which birds .

Bill and Simmone Butler were a "mere" 66 days in a liferaft in the Eastern Pacific in Bills book he described catching fish quite easily and could grab turtles but was frightened to pull large ones into the raft for fear of damaging it. They could have grabbed birds that landed on the raft but Simmone became friendly with them and wouldn't allow it !

The Butlers signed themselves out of hospital within a few days so I rhink it quite believable that this guy could well have sustained himself and exercised sufficiently throughout the ordeal.

Ridgeway and Blythe burned massive amounts of calories rowing so not really a usefull comparison.
 
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