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He has a long beard and hair.. Fjeldstad said that the castaway, who was clad only in a pair of ragged underpants, claims to have left Mexico for Salvador in September 2012 with a companion, who died at sea several months ago. Tom Hanks in the 2000 film Castaway 20th Century Fox. An emaciated man, who claimed to have spent 16 months adrift at sea, has been rescued after being washed up on a remote Pacific atoll. Follow. Comments. An emaciated man survived 16 months adrift at sea, eating turtles, birds and fish and drinking turtle blood, having floated up to 8,000 miles from Mexico to a remote Pacific atoll, it was claimed on Friday.  Longest time adrift at sea. The longest known time which anyone has survived adrift at sea is approximately 484 days, by the Japanese Captain Oguri Jukichi and one of his sailors Otokichi. Who. Captain Oguri Jukichi. Where. Japan none. The longest known time which anyone has survived adrift at sea is approximately 484 days, by the Japanese Captain Oguri Jukichi and one of his sailors Otokichi. Share. The longest known time which anyone has survived adrift at sea is approximately 484 days, by the Japanese Captain Oguri Jukichi and one of his sailors Otokichi. Who. Captain Oguri Jukichi. Where. Japan none. The longest known time which anyone has survived adrift at sea is approximately 484 days, by the Japanese Captain Oguri Jukichi and one of his sailors Otokichi. Poon Lim holds the world record for time spent surviving on a life raft as a castaway adrift at sea. In 1942 he spent over 4 months, 133 days, on a life raft in the South Pacific Ocean.  A man who said he'd been drifting at sea since late 2012 steps off a sea patrol vessel in the Marshall Islands on February 03, 2014. A man who said he'd been drifting at sea since late 2012 steps off a sea patrol vessel in the Marshall Islands on February 03, 2014. PHOTOGRAPH BY GIFF JOHNSON, GETTY Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. Just the thought of being set adrift on the open ocean is scary enough.  A man who claims that he survived 16 months adrift at sea by drinking turtle blood has been found shipwrecked on a Pacific atoll. By Jane Mathews. Ebon Atoll is a coral atoll of 22 islands in the Pacific Ocean [N/C]. Ms Fjeldstad said the man, dressed only in a pair of ragged underpants, claims he left Mexico for El Salvador in September 2012 with a companion, who died at sea several months ago. Boat: If you have a stash of food, some fishing equipment and some fresh water, you can survive for a long time on a boat. People have been known to survive for months adrift at sea in a boat that's still sound. If it's cold, you have overhead cover that will help keep you dry and blankets to keep you warm at night.  Poon Lim or Lim Poon BEM (March 8, 1918 – January 4, 1991) was a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic. Lim was working as second steward on the British merchant ship SS Benlomond when it was sunk by a German U-boat on November 23, 1942. When told no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, Poon Lim replied, I hope no one will ever have to break that record.. People have lived longer lost at sea; 3 Mexican sailors floated for 10 months in a disabled fishing boat.
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