BRITISH COLUMBIA MAN SURVIVES 6 DAYS AT SEA , AFTER BOAT ⛵ SINKS IN CARRIBEAN.

Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canadaঃ A B.C. man who survived six harrowing days on a life raft, with little food and water after his sailboat sank, says he never really thought about dying.

“I was more concerned about people concerned (for me),” said Don Cavers, 77, a Shuswap resident who was found adrift in the Caribbean.

“That actually never became part of my thinking. I don’t know where that comes from; the eternal optimist, I guess.”

An active boating enthusiast for 30 years who’s sailed to and from Mexico in the past, Cavers had purchased a used sailboat in Colombia for US$45,000 and was planning on doing a leisurely trip to Puerto Rico to meet his son.

Enter Mother Nature, who trashed Cavers’ plan by whipping up rough seas.

“I unleashed a life raft and threw it in, and it magically inflated, and I moved it around next to the dinghy,” said Cavers. “And then I abandoned ship and into the life raft.”He was floating on this life raft for 6 days. After a ship rescued him seeing his signal.

Cavers said he’s learned many lessons from his near-death voyage, with one being to ensure all his electronics are placed in waterproof containers. He says it would have made for a much quicker rescue.