Shipwrecked in the South Atlantic

This episode is sponsored by Volvo Penta. Matt Lewis was an
ambitious 23-year-old fisheries biologist when he set foot aboard
the 144-foot Sudur Havid, an aging longline trawler casting off for
South Atlantic and Antarctic waters in search of Patagonian
toothfish–or “Chilean sea bass,” as it’s better known on your
dinner plate. A quick–and underrated–bilge-pump replacement, along
with a short but dire series of events led to the boat’s sinking.
Of all the 38 crew aboard, Lewis was, as his book’s title suggests,
the last man off, and one of 21 survivors. In this episode of the
Power and Motoryacht podcast he sits down with Senior Editor Owen
Burke to tell his tale and reflect on the tragedy. You can get
Matt's book "Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on
the Antarctic Seas" on Amazon. Learn more at pmymag.com Subscribe
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