Man Survives 14 Hours In Pacific Clinging to Fishing Buoy

27th February 2021

Rescuers from his cargo ship the Silver Intuition found chief engineer Vidam Perevertilov clinging to the fishing buoy

A man survived 14 hours in the Pacific by clinging to a fishing buoy after he fell overboard from a cargo ship.

Marine Industry News rounds up the stories on Vidam Perevertilov, the chief engineer on board the Silver Supporter who entered the water between New Zealand and the remote Pitcarin Islands on Tuesday 16 February.

As his ship sailed away unaware of his predicament, Perevertilov swam to a “black dot” on the horizon which turned out to be an abandoned fishing buoy.

Six hours later the alarm was raised and the ship used its logs to pinpoint Perevertilov’s location in the open sea, where he was adrift without a lifejacket.

Marine Industry News has more on the story HERE.

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