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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We have a man overboard.
These chilling cries for help were called out in the early hours of Monday morning as
a British man was rescued from the Pacific Ocean, after falling overboard during the
world Clipper Race.
Andrew Taylor, from London, was changing a sail with a fellow crew member, when he went
over the side and was dunked into the ice-cold water.
After being swept away from the yacht by high winds, he spent about one and a half hours
in the Pacific before he was plucked from the ocean by his team-mates.
Speaking back on board the boat Andrew, who is being treated for shock and hypothermia,
said he feared the crew would not be able to find him.
I didn't know if you were looking for me or not. I didn't know if you'd see me.
-Do you hear Shane shout? -No, I heard nothing.
And then I saw somebody at the mast. Initially, I thought it was a good thing because I knew
you were looking for me, and I then realised that it might be a bad thing because it meant
you didn't know where I was.
The terrifying incident happened during race 10 in the 16 stage of the Round the World
Race, currently racing to San Francisco from Qingdao in China.