2023-10-07 12:57:08
A German sailor who was freed from a life raft in the Atlantic under spectacular circumstances on Friday night says he is doing well again. “I rested a lot after my rescue last night and I’m feeling pretty good again,” wrote sailor Martin Daldrup to the German Press Agency on Saturday morning from aboard the German freighter that pulled him out of the sea.
The 59-year-old experienced sailor from Haltern, Westphalia, said he stayed in his life raft for almost 20 hours after his sailboat sank in very rough seas in the Atlantic. His alarm had reached the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People in Bremen via satellite and a telephone call from Daldrup’s partner Anke on Thursday morning, as sea rescuer Ralf Baur reported to the dpa. “He was in no man’s land, about 1,000 nautical miles east of Brazil, far from the usual shipping routes and very far from help.”
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The German sea rescue immediately pulled out all the stops to save Daldrup. The only ship that responded to the call for help was the German freighter Alanis, which immediately changed course towards the life raft. The difficult rescue maneuver went “brilliantly,” reported Daldrup.
His partner had informed about the status of the rescue operation in several posts on Instagram. Accordingly, Daldrup had some water, food and several power banks on the life raft.
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