[Travis McGee]

I wasn't there, but it sure looks like he had a lot of mast left. Kind of surprising he didn't have a better jury rig up.

[wardaddy]

Wonder where he would have ended up if that Orion hadn't spotted him?

Next stop was probably the Galapagos if he was drifting. They could easily be missed. The way this guy was feeding himself, he seems like he could have lasted quite a while.

[nunya bidness]

When we rigged our last boat we had Metalmast (big plug) double the mast at 10 feet below the first spreader. In addition we had a stormsail track installed for the length of the same distance.

That way if we rolled and lost the rig we could still fly some canvas on what was left. And we had a sail cut for just that purpose.

Also we had hand pump watermaker and spares for everything. Thank you Skip Dashew.

This guy should be teaching survival school for sailors after his book/TV/movie deal is done.

[Squantos]

I contacted Doug Ritter from equipped.org and he stated he may not get to debrief this guy till later when the media feeding frenzy dies down.........

Stay Safe !