Sailor, 54, is 救助(する)d after SEVEN MONTHS drifting in the Indian Ocean with only his cat for company after 生き残るing on fish and half a packet of Chinese soup per day

  • ?Zbigniew Reket, 54, said that he and his cat 生き残るd on soup and fish
  • He got blown off course while sailing to South Africa ?from the Comoros Islands
  • Mr Reket's 大型船 is a 修正するd lifeboat 初めは from a 巡航する ship

A ポーランドの(人) sailor?who says he spent seven months 流浪して in the Indian ocean with only his cat for company in a broken-負かす/撃墜する boat has been 救助(する)d by the French coast guard.

Zbigniew Reket, 54, said that?he and his cat 生き残るd for months on half a packet of Chinese soup per day - 同様に as what he caught by fishing - before he was 救助(する)d 近づく the island of 再会 on Christmas Day.

He said that his 目的地 in May upon leaving the Comoros Islands - off the coast of Mozambique - was South Africa. 捜査官/調査官s are now trying to piece together his 旅程 and his story which they say are impossible to 立証する.

Zbigniew Reket, 54, rescuers said he was undernourished but otherwise in good health

Zbigniew Reket, 54, 救助者s said he was undernourished but さもなければ in good health

Zbigniew Reket set off for South Africa in May but was found at Christmas way off course?

Zbigniew Reket 始める,決める off for South Africa in May but was 設立する at Christmas way off course?

Mr Reket (R) was rescued in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean on Christmas Day

Mr Reket (R) was 救助(する)d in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean on Christmas Day

Mr Reket spent seven months adrift in the Indian ocean

Mr Reket spent seven months 流浪して in the Indian ocean

The 旅行 is more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) and would have 伴う/関わるd ?him sailing through the Mozambique Channel, a busy shipping 大勝する with strong 現在のs.

Mr Reket's 大型船 is a 修正するd lifeboat 初めは from a 巡航する ship.

But he was blown off course instead of reaching South Africa and had to be plucked from the waves 近づく the French island of 再会 after he was spotted by a ヨット 乗組員.

The sailor said the 器具s on his boat had been 粉砕するd because of big waves and that he had no means of communication.

'We drifted に向かって the Somali coast, then に向かって the Maldives, and then Indonesia again,' he said.

'Several times I could see land but I could never steer に向かって it. I spotted several ships but the 殴打/砲列 on my 無線で通信する was dead.'

The sailor was recently able to stand on land for the first time in months

The sailor was recently able to stand on land for the first time in months

Investigators are now checking out the veracity of Mr Reket's remarkable survival story

捜査官/調査官s are now checking out the veracity of Mr Reket's remarkable 生き残り story

Mr Reket was towed to safety by the French navy

Mr Reket was 牽引するd to safety by the French 海軍

He said his sea adventures started in 2014 when he travelled to India from his home in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs and bought his boat with the 意向 of sailing it 支援する to Poland.

After spending time 修正するing it, the boat broke 負かす/撃墜する soon after leaving port because of a problem with its mast.

?We drifted に向かって the Somali coast, then に向かって the Maldives, and then Indonesia again

The sailor said that he drifted for days in the Indian Ocean before washing up on the Comoros Islands.?

His 救助者s said he was undernourished but さもなければ in good health.

A 地元の charity is now helping him with 着せる/賦与するs and food, and 当局 are checking out his story, which 地元の マスコミ say appears to be plausible.

Mr Reket was 報告(する)/憶測d as 説 said he would consider staying on 再会, which as an EU 国民 he is する権利を与えるd to do.

“I want to have a normal life, find a 職業, and why not stay here?” he asked.

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