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Sailor found after 4mths
http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/10/18 10:27  金羊网-新快报

  A lost sailor was found after nearly four MONTHS adrift—thousands of miles from his destination.

  Yachtsman Richard Van Pham set out to make a 28-mile trip to an island off California.

  But his boat was battered by a storm and he drifted 2,800 miles down the coast of Mexico to Costa Rica—where he was picked up by a US Navy frigate 14 weeks later.

  Van Pham, 62, told crewmen he survived by drinking rain and catching turtles, fish and seabirds. He had lost 40lb and was heavily sunburned but otherwise in incredibly good shape.

  Commander Gary Parriott, skipper of the USS McClusky, said:"He's a tough old bird. I'm not sure I'd have fared as well as he did."

  Van Pham's fantastic voyage began when he left Long Beach for Catalina in the 26ft Sea Breeze. The storm broke the mast and his outboard motor and radio failed. His derelict craft was finally spotted 275 miles off Central America by a US drug-busting plane.

  The McClusky found him roasting a seagull on a grill, using bits of the yacht for firewood.

  Van Pham was equally staggered to be told the date andswhereshe was.

  He later told how he bashed turtles swimming near his yacht with a bat, then used bits of carcass as fishing bait.

六旬老人海上独漂4月几千英里外获救

  一个美国人在海上漂了4个月后,于近日在他的目的地以外的几千英里外获救。

  理察德-温-凡姆从加利福尼亚出发,驾游艇前往一个28英里以外的岛屿。但途中他的船被大风击垮,而他历时14个星期,漂了2800英里(约4508公里)到了哥斯达黎加的墨西哥海岸,被美国海军救起。

  62岁的温-凡姆告诉救他的船员说,在此期间他靠饮雨水和抓海龟、鱼和海鸟等作为食物得以活下来。此期间他瘦了40磅,并被严重晒伤,但其他方面的状态都很好。

  救起温-凡姆的美国军舰的舰上格里-派里奥特说:“他是一个坚强的老人。我不知道如果自己遇到这样的情况,是否可以做到象他一样。”

  据称,温-凡姆在加利福尼亚的长海滩驾游艇出海时,海上吹着风速为26英里的轻风。之后,大风将游艇上的桅杆击垮,游艇上的舷外马达和电台都失灵了,于是他弃艇而漂。

  当军舰上的人发现他时,他正用烤炉烤一只海鸥,烧的是自己的船的碎片。被救起时,他和救他的人一样,对自己漂了这么久和这么远感到惊讶。




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