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Australian sailor Tim Shaddock survives being a castaway for three months.The survival of the pair,Shaddock and his dog Bella,was down to a combination of luck and skill.
The fact that Shaddock had his dog Bella there for companionship may well have made the difference.
You're living very much from day-to-day, and you have to have a very positive mental attitude in order to get through this kind of ordeal and not give up...People need to appreciate how small the boat is and how vast the Pacific is. The chances of someone being found are pretty slim.Tim Shaddock, 51, and his dog Bella were sailing from Mexico to French Polynesia when rough seas damaged their boat and its electronics system, leaving them adrift and cut off from the world.The pair drifted for more than two months in the Pacific Ocean and survived by drinking rain water and eating raw fish that Shaddock was able to catch, according to his own account, provided in a couple videos obtained by Australia's 9 News network. By chance, a helicopter that was accompanying a tuna trawler, eventually spotted Shaddock's drifting vessel and rescued the pair.

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Australian sailor Tim Shaddock survives being a castaway for three months.The survival of the pair,Shaddock and his dog Bella,was down to a combination of luck and skill.
The fact that Shaddock had his dog Bella there for companionship may well have made the difference.
You're living very much from day-to-day, and you have to have a very positive mental attitude in order to get through this kind of ordeal and not give up...People need to appreciate how small the boat is and how vast the Pacific is. The chances of someone being found are pretty slim.Tim Shaddock, 51, and his dog Bella were sailing from Mexico to French Polynesia when rough seas damaged their boat and its electronics system, leaving them adrift and cut off from the world.The pair drifted for more than two months in the Pacific Ocean and survived by drinking rain water and eating raw fish that Shaddock was able to catch, according to his own account, provided in a couple videos obtained by Australia's 9 News network. By chance, a helicopter that was accompanying a tuna trawler, eventually spotted Shaddock's drifting vessel and rescued the pair.