the hell of Tim Shaddock, a 54-year-old Australian, started three months ago. In Aprilhe left with his dog Pretty from the municipality of La Paz, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, towards French Polynesia. A journey aboard a catamaran-type boat that was cut short shortly after.
He Aloha Toa It was damaged during a storm in the Pacific Ocean. Incommunicado and “in an extremely precarious situation without adequate supplies or shelter,” the castaway survived by eating raw fish and drinking rainwater until a Mexican tuna vessel sighted him floating in the damaged vessel in international waters.
“It’s been an ordeal. I’ve been alone on the high seas for a long time”, Shaddock declared in statements to the Australian outlet 9News. According to the tuna company, the survivor was “in an extremely precarious situation” and after his rescue he was given medical attention.
He Mexican tuna vessel was on an ordinary voyage fishing more than 2,000 kilometers from the coast. Several members of the crew notified the captain of the boat, Óscar Meza.
The company producing the tuna brand Tuny has ensured that this has not been the first time that any of the vessels in the Grupomar fleet has rescued a castaway on the high seas. In the next few hours Shaddock will reach the mainland after an odyssey that is difficult to forget.
