After eleven days on a boat that could not maneuver, three men from Panama were rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The trio survived thanks to rainwater and coconuts, the Colombian navy said on Friday.
The three men had completed an odyssey of about 600 kilometers, the Colombian navy announced. Accordingly, they were discovered by a Colombian patrol boat 180 nautical miles (about 330 kilometers) from the Colombian port city of Buenaventura.
Engine failed, blown away by the wind
The three men had actually set out from the coastal town of Veracruz in Panama to use their boat to refuel a fishing boat. On the way back, her engine died, as a 30-year-old rescued person said in a video. From then on the boat was blown away by the wind.
Survived thanks to coconuts and rainwater
They are said to have fed on rainwater and coconuts. His 27-year-old colleague said the coconuts floated past their boat: “We fished them out, opened them and ate them.”
A Colombian Navy spokesman told the AFP news agency that despite spending so long in the Pacific Ocean, the three men were doing well considering the circumstances.
Source: Krone
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