Photos of the men's rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.
Both of the inflatable hulls on their 30-foot boat were damaged in several attacks by what were thought to be cookiecutter sharks - a small species not considered dangerous to people. Aerial photos of the men's rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.
by a rescue helicopter showed the catamaran bobbing in calm seas as it was approached by the huge cargo ship.He said the crew had prepared for sharks, but not for such numbers."There were many. Maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe more," Beryozkin told Seven News television. Beryozkin, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Frenchman Vincent Thomas Garate had left St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 1, 2021, and had been sailing from Vanuatu to Cairns when they got into trouble.
Joe Zeller, duty manager at the maritime agency's Canberra response center, said the emergency beacon had saved the sailors' lives.
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