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Sailor and Dog Amazingly Survive on Rainwater, Raw Fish While Adrift for Two Months
New York Post ^
| July 17, 2023
| Yaron Steinbuch
Posted on 07/17/2023 2:14:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Australian man has been rescued in the Pacific after surviving for two months on rainwater and raw fish in what has been likened to the film “Cast Away” — but his companion was a dog, not a hand-printed volleyball.
Sydney resident Tim Shaddock, a 51-year-old cancer survivor, and his pooch Bella set off from La Paz, Mexico, in April on a catamaran journey to French Polynesia, but their vessel was damaged in a storm several weeks later, Australia’s 9News reported.
The pair survived by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish as they waited for a miracle while adrift in the Pacific. On Wednesday, a helicopter conducting surveillance for a tuna trawler spotted the tiny catamaran bobbing in the middle of the vast ocean.
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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: adrift; australia; catamaran; dog; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump
To: nickcarraway
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07/17/2023 2:18:13 PM PDT
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linMcHlp
To: nickcarraway
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07/17/2023 2:18:22 PM PDT
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libh8er
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/17/2023 2:22:26 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(My Talents Are So Hidden That Even I Can't Find Them ...)
To: nickcarraway
The dog thought, “Hey this is good eatin!”
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posted on
07/17/2023 2:22:54 PM PDT
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bigbob
(Q)
To: nickcarraway
The dog thought, “Hey this is good eatin!”
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posted on
07/17/2023 2:23:21 PM PDT
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bigbob
(Q)
To: nickcarraway
Look! I’ll tell you what. Why don’t those of us who want to, eat Johnson, then you, sir, can eat my leg and then we’ll make a stock of the Captain and then after that we can eat the rest of Johnson cold for supper.
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07/17/2023 2:28:55 PM PDT
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Clay Moore
(My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
To: nickcarraway
They always compare to a fictional movie. A better story to compare to is “The Raft”.
To: nickcarraway
Good on yer, mate. Kept your best friend alive too.
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07/17/2023 2:31:45 PM PDT
by
katana
To: nickcarraway
Sydney resident Tim Shaddock, a 51-year-old cancer survivor, and his pooch Bella Smart guy, pitched the girlfriend and saved the pooch.........
To: Hot Tabasco
Wrong ocean, but I wonder if any of the fish were haddock.
To: nickcarraway
I bet he didn’t just fish for the Halibut.
To: alternatives?; nickcarraway
Then the dog said “I can tune a piano, but I can’t tuna fish.”
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07/17/2023 3:16:58 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: bigbob
The dog thought, “Hey this is good eatin!”
The dog was probably having a good time. "This is the best trip ever, master!"
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07/17/2023 4:13:42 PM PDT
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fr_freak
(Such a foul sky clears not without a storm.)
To: alternatives?
Or “Unbroken.” Another incredible story of survival.
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posted on
07/17/2023 4:14:20 PM PDT
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DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/17/2023 5:05:41 PM PDT
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caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: nickcarraway
Utterly irresponsible to go sailing in the center of large oceans without a 400 dollar PLB.
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07/17/2023 5:07:14 PM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: caww
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07/17/2023 5:08:10 PM PDT
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caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
To: Hot Tabasco
To: nickcarraway
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07/19/2023 10:30:34 PM PDT
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minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
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