California Man Stranded at Sea for a Month, Found Alive

A California man who set out on a solo sailing trip to Hawaii is safe after spending more than a month stranded at sea when his boat's mast snapped. He was found drifting far off course last week by a passing cargo ship.

Solo Sailing Trip Turns Into a Month-Long Ordeal

Kai Sato, 39, left California's Catalina Islands on June 7, attempting his first solo sail across the Pacific to Hawaii. About two weeks in, his mast snapped, leaving him stranded and unable to continue under sail power.

Sato tried to motor back toward shore, but ran out of fuel, and ocean currents began pulling him further off course and away from land. After several days grappling with the situation, he started making repairs using PVC pipe and kayak paddles, work that eventually let him limp back into the shipping lane between California and Hawaii.