Australian Sailor Tim Shaddock and Canine Bella Rescued After 2 Months Stranded at Sea – E! On-line

The coast is evident for an Australian sailor and his canine companion.

Tim Shaddock, 51, and his canine Bella have been not too long ago rescued after spending two months stranded at sea. The pair was found drifting on the Pacific Ocean by a tuna trawler heading again to the coast of Mexico, in response to 9News. 

“I’ve been via a really troublesome ordeal at sea,” Shaddock advised the Australian information channel. “I am simply needing relaxation and good meals as a result of I have been alone at sea a very long time. In any other case, I am in superb well being”

Shaddock set sail from La Paz, Mexico, to French Polynesia three months in the past, nonetheless, a storm struck his catamaran a month into his journey, wiping out all electronics.

The Sydney native stated he and Bella survived on simply rainwater and uncooked fish caught with gear he had onboard.

He continued, “I’ve not had meals—sufficient meals—for a very long time.”

A physician who handled Shaddock on the trawler advised 9News that the once-adrift sailor had “regular important indicators.”