Balthasar Wyss said he and another passenger were able to escape on a small life raft after their 54-foot sailboat started to sink.
The captain did not make it.MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — A Mercer Island man was rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean while sailing from Brazil to South Africa.
"Tremendous thing for you, when you're about to die or you think you're going to die and you know there's somebody out there who cares about,” said Wyss. “Who cares for you. It's just unbelievable." Wyss met two men through a website that connects captains with crew. Their journey was supposed to be four weeks of sailing on a 54-foot-long sailboat from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Cape Town, South Africa. Wyss said it was a great trip until they encountered Mother Nature halfway through.
The next morning, as the boat’s condition continued to worsen, the three men prepared the life raft. To ensure it detached properly, the captain, Benno Frey, stayed on the sinking boat to unhitch it so Wyss and the other crewmate could go free.
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