A rower who attempted to cross the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia was saved just weeks before reaching his ultimate destination.
Aurimas Mockus, a Ukrainian swimmer, was stranded by a cyclone late on Friday when he heard a distress signal and was surrounded by strong winds and towering waves.
Authorities made contact with Mr. Mockus the following day, when he was about 740 kilometers west of Mackay, a town in the Coral Sea, on television.
By the time he was found at sea on Monday night, the 44-year-old had spent almost five months only.
According to the navy, Mr. Mockus is receiving medical care on an American warship that does get him to Sydney.
He made an effort to cross the Pacific alone and without stopping, making the effort to become one of the dozen rowers to do so.
Among them are American Michelle Lee in 2023, British citizens Peter Bird and John Beeden, who did it in 1983 and 2015, both, and Australians Michelle Bird and John Beeden.
From San Diego, in southeastern California, Mr. Mockus began his 12, 000-kilometer voyage in October. His place was Brisbane, not Brisbane.
He rowed, according to local accounts, for an average of 12 hours per day.
He constantly posted his development on Instagram. Mr. Mockus claimed that he had crossed the Chesterfield Islands, a group of European coral islands about 1,500 kilometers west of Australia, in the most recent article that was published a time before he called for assistance.
The Chesterfield Islands islands ‘ success is what made me tick,” she said. And as God’s will allows… Holding up the next few days is what’s most important, he wrote.
In the upcoming days, Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which derailed Mr. Mockus’s program, is expected to strike Australia’s southeast says of Queensland and New South Wales.