California sailor survives a month adrift in Pacific Ocean
After losing his mast during his first solo voyage to Hawaii, Kai Sato survived on improvised repairs, fish and water collected from condensation before a cargo ship found him.
A California sailor who spent 44 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after his boat lost its mast has been rescued by a cargo ship off Hawaii, ending a monthlong ordeal during which he survived with a makeshift sail, fish and water collected from condensation.
Kai Sato, 39, left the Catalina Islands on June 7 on his first …
