Evgeny Kovalevsky, Vincent Baugé and Captain Stanislav Berezkin have been rescued 835 kilometres off the Queensland coast after their rescue beacon was detected by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
The inflatable vessel, the Tion, bumped into bother after each hulls have been attacked by sharks however Kovalevsky stated they did not really feel the preliminary chunk.
“We actually don’t feel the bump because our weight was two tonnes. That shark is very small,” Kovalevsky instructed 9News.
“We [saw] that [the] air was less and less, and we [realised we were in] trouble.
“They attacked our bottom, and since we’ve got a rudder system on our bottom, the rudder system [was] destroyed in a short time.”
Kovalevsky called the loss of the boat a “disaster”.
“Suddenly we identical to this, you bear in mind Titanic? Like this, so we may handle to carry,” he said..
“… It’s not demise nevertheless it was massive bother”.
Crew member Baugé said the sailors “did not have time to be scared” once they started sinking.
“If you’re nervous, it simply makes it worse so simply preserve protected and do what we’ve got to do,” he said.
The trio are attempting to circumnavigate the globe in an inflatable vessel on a personal mission to follow in the footsteps of the first Russians to complete the journey, which began in 1803.
“Our future is essential. This is historical past,” Kovalevsky said.
Berezkin, captain of the vessel, said they will continue on their mission following the rescue.
“My spouse instructed me, ‘Go residence’, I instructed her, ‘No, we proceed’,” he said, adding that he thinks they are “fortunate”.
The boat departed from Vanuatu on August 29 and the group was rescued one week after their departure.
Source: www.9news.com.au
