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Real Survival Stories

Pacific Castaways: Adrift on the Ocean (Part 2 of 2)

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We return to the shipwrecked crew of the Lucette. After their yacht was sunk by killer whales, the Robertsons have failed to flag down a passing ship. Now, with just a raft and a dinghy to carry them, the castaways must summon their resilience and focus on Plan B: navigating six hundred miles back to dry land… You can see the Robertsons’ tiny dinghy at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, UK: nmmc.co.uk/ A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's July 1972, somewhere in the Pacific, several hundred miles west of Central America.

0:30.0

Six ragged sailors are squeezed into a nine foot dinghy bobbing across the ocean.

0:37.0

With one hand trailing in the water, 18 year old Douglas Robertson stares down into the sea.

0:45.0

Beneath the surface, he sees glinting, flashing shapes of fish darting back and forth,

0:51.0

tantalizingly out of reach.

0:55.3

The teenager's bones protrude from his emaciated son-burnt body.

1:00.0

It's been over three weeks since Douglas and his family were shipwrecked,

1:03.4

their yacht sunk by a pod of killer Wales 200 miles west of the Galapagos Islands.

1:10.8

They've managed to survive so far by reaching out and grabbing the occasional sea turtle that surfaces nearby.

1:17.0

And when they do catch one, they devour every morsel, blood, raw flesh, eyes, and if they're lucky, eggs.

1:25.0

It's kept them going, but it does little to stave off the incessant hunger.

1:32.0

All we ever thought about was food.

1:34.0

We just food and water, food and cold drinks, food, food, food, food.

1:41.0

As Douglas tries to ignore the constant rumbling of his stomach, he spots a large shape gliding

1:47.6

through the water alongside the dinghy. Then he sees another and another.

1:54.0

Then a steel grey thin breaks the waterline.

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