Cannuck William MacBrien was rescued by Japanese cargo ship “Watatsumi”, some 1200 miles west of Cape Horn.

MacBrien had spent 46 hours in cold 7° sea water (Is that F or C? Both are cold!) after trying but failing to stem flooding in his yacht Phoenix. The water eventually killed his onboard power.

Like all of the GSC sailors, MacBrian had an immersion suit, carried for just such emergencies, that he was able to get into.