On September 17th, 2022, solo sailor Kim was rescued by the oil tanker Riviera II. Kim is very kind to share his experience of what happened that rescue was required and how he was rescued.
0:00 Introductions
1:03 The story begins – both sails disabled
2:17 Started the main engine – ended with gearbox failing
4:04 Sailboat adrift – Called Danish Coast Guard
5:28 Neptune coming to the Rescue, unable to help
6:32 Riviera2 to the Rescue
7:20 Daughter hears the truth
8:32 Called Aquarius – but we were unable to help
9:20 Riviera2 Arrives with video of rescue operation
13:10 Advice for future sailors in this situation video bringing Kim onboard tanker
15:47 Arriving in India without any identification – What a disaster!
17:47 The flights back to Denmark
19:03 Arrived home in Denmark
19:43 What was it like on the ship, the Riviera2
21:43 Lost everything. This was hard to watch!
22:50 The decision to leave the boat
24:36 After arriving home – Nightmares and the bed won’t stop moving
26:49 Would you sail again?
27:27 Photos onboard Riviera II
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Wow! Nice that Mr Kim had his head cool, as he mentioned, and happened to meet some pro guys in the middle of nowhere. After all, a boat is just an object, not your life.
One of the most beautiful points this story shows is that, at seas, solidarity and care are always present.
I hope soon he'll free his thoughts of the 'ifs", realize that was the way it was meant to be and'll be back sailing with the lessons learned from this experience, which certainly brings us a new perspective on many things in life. My best, Mr Kim!
What a story congratulations on your resolve to survive!
Ok not judging or second guessing your or anyone's actions.
As a old mechanic with a substantial amount of experience working on junk . When a non automatic transmissions starts screaming and is stuck in gear . That's a lubrication issue well the lack of.
Anyway add oil to the transmission. There is a extremely good chance that if you restart the motor even in gear within a few minutes the transmission will be able to shift and act normally.
In a life or death situation needing oil gear oil motor oil mineral oil then anything slick cooking oil hot melted crisco whatever it will buy a little time.
By any chance did you remember to grab the box for Zatara before abandoning ship? Shame you didn’t rig a sail to save your vessel 😢
Watching this video from my sailboat out on the Atlantic and it's chilling to think what could happen I'm single handed to… I'm glad he is ok.
When I heard Zatara talking about Kim's situation I started to pray for him.
An now seeing the footage of the rescue of Kim… I'm so sorry Kim had to endure such a horrific event …. He's blessed to have that Captain rescue him…
Kim your an amazing human. Your sheer Moxie to survive is inspiring to me. I lost everything to fire on Feb 28th 2020 that was a week before lockdown happened. So we've been homeless for almost 3 years. It's the Moxie and that not going to give in to defeat. Kim, I am grateful for your story an for your honesty in telling an reliving this ..I kno it's taxing on you… Sending much love an prayer's to you Kim. Thanks for sharing your life with us grateful ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Thank you for sharing this Aquarius! How sad and unsettling.
What an amazing story of survival & heroism.
This could of happened to any experienced sailor. And it’s his miraculous survival that will teach us all in times of peril to remain strong, stay calm and call to what gives you strength. In Kim’s case it was his family. Brings tears as I watched his emotion thinking about them.
The heroism of the Captain of the Cargo ship & the humanity of the crew. Please tell Kim to share his miraculous story.
Wow what a rescue. thanks for showing this to educate the rest of us. Will insurance help him with the loss of his vessel ???? This is the absolute best channel. THANKS YOU TWO
Open a seacock and cut a hose before you leave the boat
Any news on the boat , I wonder if he had any other sails on board ? He couldnt of had a topping lift . Got sunk in the Tasman sea by a Orca in a 36 foot schooner many years ago , So feel for the guy .
unprepared numbskull …
It's easy to sit here in my living room and judge but I'm a little surprised there was no attempt to jury rig some kind of sail. The head sail may be shredded but in the video it is rolled up with the sheets still attached. Also, there is a spinnaker pole mounted on the mast. The main sail is intact although the shackle broke but the topping lift appears to be ok. Am I missing something?
My captain sailed solo round the world via Cape Horn.
One of his sayings was "hindsight is a wonderful thing".
I think his grab bag was too big. Passport and credit cards and phone in a pocket are the main thing.
What happened to the yacht?
– congratulations on surviving the ordeal!
My husband went down with his boat.
I see loads of emotional comments down here, and for sure we are all very happy this guy is safe at home, but all the story seems to me deeply pervaded of very, very bad seamanship and "white man psychology". I had to listen twice to the video to be sure this man was really saying that he wanted to turn bow on the wind to furl the Genoa. If this is the seamanship and the sailing competence you are at risk with 10 knot of wind in August in the Med, not to say being singlehanded in the Indian Ocean at night. Then there is the fact that this guy, rightly so, wanted to spare his money. Crew "were asking too much", he cannot consider the other way round, that he simply could not afford it: this is white man psychology, it's never our fault. And in the white modern man mind what do you do when you are lost in the middle of the Indian Ocean? Call danish coast guard! The white man psychology is this, we are able to do only a very wee bit fractional piece of what feeds us and keeps us alive, being a competent and respected account supervisor pedaling daily from home to the office deprives you of the chance of learning to be self sufficient. I like Aquarius channel because the guy sails knowing that he is in charge of the problems of his boat.
Every sailors nightmare, I am so glad the recue turned out well. Good luck for the future Kim.
Thank you for sharing your story Kim. The couch sailors will have plenty to question but unless they were in your situation they will never understand or grasp the power of nature, the force of the waves, the strength of currents, and how vulnerable we really are on the ocean. You assessed your situation and you made the best decision for you, you survived because you are strong and your mind is strong. I am highly impressed with your will and now it drives you even more to help others by sharing your story. Bravo!
Sending love to you and your family, and many thanks to Sailing Aquarius Around The World for caring and sharing your story.
What a story 😮
After watching the story I was truly shocked that the Danish Embassy was so unhelpful. Twenty days earlier a very good friend of mine who had already sailed solo from Muscat, Oman via the Maldives, Indonesia to Broome in Australia and was making his way to Perth hit something approximately 60-80nm off the Western Australian coast and his vessel sank within 5mins. He managed to get a distress call out, get the tender in the water and grab his Garmin locator. He had 25kts SE winds, swell 3m and it was afternoon, he was rescued by a passing merchant ship after 11hrs in the tender and went to Singapore.
That took 10days and by the time he got there an emergency passport had been issued by the Austrian Embassy, the agent was aware of him being onboard and money was transferred plus a ticket to Vienna.
Again a story of extreme luck in the circumstances but in both cases the outcome has been arrived at by the total resolve of the men to survive the situation through staying calm.
In hindsight we can always come up with what one should have done and I’m sure the planning that goes into the next sailing adventure will cover those missing items and most probably more additions will result 😊
I am very happy for you Kim and that you got away alive.
Until 2020 i was an Airline Captain
and I had a story too – nothing compared
to yours and of course its not about me here.
I firmly believe you have made the best decision of your life! Because you are alive. Making decisions
under the life threating conditions is something totally different than
chatting about it on land. Please do yourself a favour and ignore all those judgemental experts.
Kim i hope that you will read this and wish you all the very best and a lot of good power/energy to overcome this situation and enjoy your second live with your family and friends.
Sincerely,
Andelko
Such a nice boot, realy sad for it.
Why didn't you ask for a tow to the nearest save haven on his route then the boat and all your belongs would have been saved instead of being adrift in the middle of the ocean.
So what happened to his boat? Looks too good to just abandon!
Cool story, I have 8000klm to go in my journey and hope to have the same luck getting home.
Wow! So glad he had his wits about him and realized what was most important. Kudos to the crew on the tanker!
Strange that he only had One head sail I can’t imagine going out without having a working jib as well as the genny.
And for any kind of cruising or sailing anywhere actually you always want cutter blades just in front of your prop they don’t cost much but these very sharp stainless steel blades saved me many times they will actually even cut through thin wire that might be found in fishing gear believe me there so sharp that looking at them might cut you lol
It seems to me too many people are going sailing these days without proper preparation and solo sailing is difficult enough with proper preparation over preparation actually you can’t get away for the cheap after all it’s your life
Sometimes it’s not the time to leave this body. Kim keep celebrating life.
I was watching Sailing Zatara video last week and they mention Kim story and their boat hatch being on his boat. Never thought I would get first hand knowledge from Kim about it. I am so Glad that he was rescued. I have a boat and I love it so much. I know it was very hard for him to leave drifting. But like he said, it was his life or the boat.
i am glad u made it what a story man, all the best for you and fast recovery
awesome crew on that ship,