His family is thankful he's okay. 9News
A rescue helicopter lifted him from the cargo ship that saved him from his sinking vessel yesterday afternoon.Xavier Doerr, 22, was winched to safety this morning after his planned circumnavigation record-breaking of Australia went wrong.The sailor called the helicopter paramedics "angels of the sky, that come to rescue the most extreme people in the world.
"He's hit a submerged object which has then turned his boat sideways and a partial rollover which has then thrown him from a position in the boat to against the roof," Daniels said. Doerr was on a mission to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the country — on the smallest boat — in record time.He said he believed he collided with a sunfish, which can grow up to 1.8 metres, underwater.Doerr spent two perilous days stranded in the Great Australian Bight, issuing an emergency signal about 650 kilometres west of Kangaroo Island."I'm feeling relieved now that we know Xavier is safe, " his mother, Caitlin Gardiner, said.
While the extent of his injuries is still unclear Doerr's eyes are already set on his next adventure and being reunited with his boat.
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