He may have fainted," Perevetilov's son Marat told Stuff. Perevetilov regained consciousness to the sight of the Silver Supporter sailing into the pitch dark. "It turned out to be an old fishing buoy," Marat told Stuff. The Silver Supporter found Perevetilov close to 17 hours after he had toppled over the deck. "So the fact that the Silver Supporter found him, and he survived is just amazing: a story of survival that even Captain Bligh ... would have applauded."

Source: New Zealand Herald February 23, 2021 08:27 UTC