Sailor Guy Bernardin was rescued by the...
Sailor Guy Bernardin was rescued by the Chilean naval vessel Rancagua after his boat sank while he was trying to sail singlehanded from New York to San Francisco.
Bernardin, a naturalized U.S. citizen from France, was attempting to break the record of 89 days 8 hours set in 1854 by the 229-foot clipper ship Flying Cloud, with Captain Josiah Creesy and a crew of 44 aboard.
Bernardin, 44, was about 250 miles from Cape Horn and 10 days ahead of schedule on Thursday when his mast broke, punching a hole in the hull. The boat sank six hours later, but Bernardin inflated a life raft and was rescued 18 hours later.
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