Italian navigator rescued after being shipwrecked in the Atlantic

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Italian navigator rescued after being shipwrecked in the Atlantic

ITALY (eTN) - Matteo Miceli was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean after being thrown from his Eco 40 boat. He was about 600 nautical miles from Brazil when the incident occurred, and was left to drift on the emergency raft in the Atlantic Ocean.

Rescue operations were coordinated by the National Center Relief Coast Guard of Rome. After receiving the distress call and locating the raft, the Brazilian maritime competent authorities flagged the merchant Aranon that was in the Marshall Islands to divert its route to provide relief to the stranded navigator.

Upon arrival of the merchant Aranon, the lone sailor was found aboard the raft in good health. Miceli is currently onboard the Aranon which is heading towards the port of Salvador in Brazil, where it will arrive on March 17.

Matteo began his journey on October 19, 2014 from the port of Riva Trajan in the province of Rome for his round-the-world solo trip aboard his new Eco 40 boat - a class 40 self-sufficient craft that he built completely by himself.

The Eco 40 boat was equipped with two hens - a Blonde, who died while in the Indian Ocean, and a Mora (brown feathered), who was lost at sea. The craft was also equipped with a biodynamic garden with sprouts, as well as a board generator that was powered by wind and solar panels.

Full story: http://www.eturbonews.com/56608/italian-navigator-rescued-after-being-shipwrecked-atlantic

-- eTN 2015-03-17

[gerry123]

fully equipped ??safety harness lucky your alive good luck with your onward journey

[joboss]

He dreamed and built her, the lovely Eco 40, but when he pined for his lost hens, she threw him overboard in a fit of jealousy.

Some boats can be a bitch.

[Varangkul]

fully equipped ??safety harness lucky your alive good luck with your onward journey

Bad headlines, but read the full story - the boat capsized!

[cruisemonkey]

If the Aranon was in the Marshall Islands (middle of the Pacific), it's quite a feat to rescue someone in the Atlantic!

[Gandtee]

His chickens came home to roost.

[Basil B]

Before I pass Judgement...

Where was he actually sailing too???

The words Italian and Navigator just do not seem right in the same sentence

Glad he was saved and sorry about the hens but may they RIP.

[RichCor]

So no relation to Amerigo Vespucci, another Italian explorer/navigator demonstrating that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts?

Those Italians and their ideas.

[neverdie]

Now his yacht us flotsam in the Middle of the ocean. ...... That's good for the environment and now he will rely on more diesel powered marine equipment to recover it......not disimiliar to the fuel powered stuff that recurs his sorry backside.

What a whack job.....5555