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Solo British Rower Rescued From Pacific Storm, A solo Pacific rower caught in a tropical storm for 30 hours was rescued Friday, her support team said on her website, while another stricken solo oarsman waited for help.British rower Sarah Outen, 27, said her 23-foot boat, named Gulliver, had been "capsizing, capsizing, capsizing" in the "merciless" storm, leaving her "exhausted," in a phone message that was posted on the Internet.After, I don't know, 32 hours, 30-something hours, of waiting in the roughest, most frightening weather I've ever been in, I'm very happy to say we're close to being taken out of here," she said, shortly before being picked up by a Japanese Coast Guard vessel.
"I say we, but actually it will just be me, I think, because Gulliver will probably have to stay afloat and look after himself for a while because the seas are currently too rough to be able to pick him up onto the boat," she added.The Japanese coast guard Friday rescued a British adventurer caught in a storm while rowing solo across the Pacific, and another British rower was awaiting rescue.
On Friday, she tweeted: "Hooray 4 Japanese always being early!" That was followed by an announcement that she was safe on the rescue ship. The coast guard said she was walking on her own and appeared relatively healthy.She had signaled for help on Thursday morning 900 kilometers off Japan's northeastern coast, saying water was seeping through a hole in her boat, according to the coast guard.
Another vessel was headed to rescue Charlie Martell, who got caught up in the same storm. His boat, Blossom, was 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) off northeastern Japan, the coast guard said.
Outen embarked on her planned 2 1/2-year journey in April 2011. She is trying to circle the globe using only human power, cycling, rowing and kayaking more than 32,000 kilometers
Martell said on his website that he planned to row "solo and unsupported" across the Pacific. The coast guard's ship was expected to reach Martell's boat Saturday.
