[ClearCase_guy]

Captain William Bligh was set adrift after the Mutiny on the Bounty.

The mutineers provided Bligh and eighteen loyal crewmen a 23-foot (7.0 m) launch (so heavily loaded that the gunwales were only a few inches above the water). They were allowed four cutlasses, food and water for perhaps a week, a quadrant and a compass, but no charts, or marine chronometer.

He undertook the seemingly impossible 3,618-nautical-mile (6,701 km; 4,164 mi) voyage to Timor, the nearest European settlement. Bligh succeeded in reaching Timor after a 47-day voyage,

[kearnyirish2]

I remember reading about this guy in elementary school: From Wikipedia: "Poon Lim (Chinese: 潘 濂; pinyin: Pān Lián; 8 March 1918 – 4 January 1991) was a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic.[1][2] Lim worked as second steward on SS Benlomond, a British merchant ship, when it was sunk by U-172, a German U-boat, on 23 November 1942. He soon found an eight-foot (240 cm) wooden raft with supplies. When the supplies ran low, Lin resorted to fishing, catching seabirds, and rain collection. On 5 April 1943, Lin was rescued by three Brazilian fishermen as he neared the coast of Brazil. After his return to the United Kingdom, Lin was awarded a British Empire Medal by King George VI. After the war, Lim emigrated to the United States." 133 Days!!!