The Sydney man's catamaran set sail from the Mexican city of La Paz but was crippled by bad weather weeks into the journey. "It's the people of the sea that make us all come together. "I'm not sure I have the answer to that, but I very much enjoy sailing and I love the people of the sea," he said. Asked why he set out in April from Mexico's Baja Peninsula to cross the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia, he was initially at a loss. Shaddock described himself as a quiet person who loves being alone on the ocean.
I'm alive and I didn't really think I'd make it," Shaddock said, adding that he and his "amazing" dog Bella are both doing well. "To the captain and fishing company that saved my life, I'm just so grateful. I'm feeling a lot better than I was, I tell ya," Shaddock, smiling, bearded and thin, told reporters on the dock in the port city about 210 miles (337 kilometers) west of Mexico City.
Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, disembarked in the Mexican city of Manzanillo after being examined on board the boat that rescued him, the Maria Delia. MANZANILLO, Mexico - An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said Tuesday that he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land for the first time since their ordeal began.
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