erice 732 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 In an epic journey of survival against the odds, a Kerikeri man sailed solo for three weeks up the coast of South America to the Caribbean despite suffering a stroke that crippled him on one side and rendered him unable to communicate. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/75657588/solo-yachties-miracle-survival-tale One by one the Brazilian Navy, the Coastguard in the United Kingdom, and New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) were alerted. Eventually RCCNZ picked up Sagitta II on identification systems, and over the ensuing 19 days were able to track Willis' journey all the way to Grenada. "They could see he was on course and heading in the right direction. He wasn't going around in circles in the middle of the ocean," Gurnell said. interesting wonder if being part of the 5 eyes security pact enabled US satellites controllers to be tasked with filtering their data... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 200 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Yep this story came out a few months ago, but Stuff and the Herald have only just decided to print it now that it's summer. Kiwi sailor's ordeal: Stroke on the seashttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11575183 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 yachting nz story of last year has a bit more detail the suggestion seems to be they tracked him via his class B AIS transmissions via a mix of other ships and sats http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/news/201511/self-sufficiency-in-the-extreme-the-simon-willis-story crap work by the "papers" to not even try to bring the story up to date by calling his wife up north Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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