California man rescued alive after 30 days stranded at sea with broken mast

Kai Sato used PVC pipes and kayak paddles to try to repair his boat, and a plastic bag to collect condensation to drink A California man was rescued alive drifting in his sailboat off Hawaii after spending 30 days stranded at sea. Kai Sato, 39, set sail from California’s Catalina Islands on 7 June hoping to complete his first solo sail across the Pacific Ocean, he told Hawaii News Now. But his journeytook a disastrous turn when his mast snapped, and the phone he was using for navigation died....

By Anna Betts

Man stranded for a month in Pacific Ocean after sailboat nightmare reveals how he survived

Sailor Kai Sato used an ingenious way to find drinking water after he was left drifting in the ocean without fuel or a working phone

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Kai Sato: California man missing for over a month in Pacific Ocean found drifting off Hawaii

Kai Sato, a California man missing in the Pacific for a month, was found alive after surviving on minimal food and seawater.

US Man Missing In Pacific Ocean For Over A Month Rescued Off Hawaii

The man said that he felt like a "sitting duck, just getting taken south by the current going way off course".

Solo sailor survives a month adrift in the Pacific after mast snaps

Kai Sato collected condensation in sealed buckets and ate fish and squid that landed aboard to survive, until a Pasha Hawaii ship spotted and rescued him; he is already planning his next solo Pacific crossing The post Solo sailor survives a month adrift in the Pacific after mast snaps appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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