• last year
Footage captures the moment Australian sailor Tim Shaddock and his dog, Bella, were rescued after months adrift at sea.

The video, shared by the tuna fishing company owning the boat that rescued Shaddock, shows the crew approaching the Aloha Toha catamaran and Shaddock standing up on the deck.

Crew members then request Shaddock to disclose if he has drugs or weapons and proceed to inspect the catamaran.

After spending three months adrift, 54-year-old Shaddock disembarked in the city of Manzanillo after he was rescued off the coast of Mexico.

He survived at sea by eating raw fish and drinking rainwater, local reports claim.
Transcript
00:00 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
00:07 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
00:10 Hi sir!
00:11 Hi sir!
00:12 Can you speak English?
00:13 Yeah?
00:14 How are you doing? Are you okay?
00:16 Hi, my name is Andres.
00:18 We need to know if you have any drugs or weapons on board?
00:22 No, I have no drugs or weapons.
00:24 Are you sure?
00:25 I'm sure, yeah, yeah. You can check everything.
00:27 I've just got fishing gear, survival gear.
00:31 Do you have a knife on the... Can I get it please?
00:34 No, no, we don't have a knife.
00:36 Take it out please.
00:38 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
00:44 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
00:52 Can I get you that please, alright?
00:54 Okay, sir.
00:55 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
01:05 We need to make sure you have no weapons or drugs on board, right?
01:08 Yeah, sure.
01:09 Can I just take a look?
01:10 Yeah, sure. I've just got fishing gear.
01:12 Here you go.
01:13 [Sounds of a fishing boat]
01:16 Okay, can I get your name please?
01:17 Tim Shadock.
01:19 Okay, where are you from?
01:20 Are you...
01:21 I'm recording.
01:22 Are you recording, okay.
01:23 Where are you from?
01:24 Australia.
01:25 Yeah? Do you have the date of your departure?
01:27 Yes, I departed Mexico on...
01:32 Where from Mexico?
01:34 La Paz.
01:35 La Paz?
01:36 [Sounds of a fishing boat]

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