Shaddock and his dog left northwest Mexico in a catamaran in late April, he said, planning to sail to French Polynesia. He granted that there were "many, many, many bad days," but declined to elaborate. Shaddock, 54, smiling and good humored, was the living image of a castaway, with a long blonde beard and emaciated appearance, as he joked with a group of reporters Tuesday, standing in front of the fishing boat that rescued him at a port on Mexico's Pacific coast. He recalled the full moon in early May that illuminated his turn away from the Baja Peninsula, his last sight of land until he came ashore Tuesday. "I did enjoy being at sea, I enjoy being out there," he said. Like when he would plunge into the sea for a swim, or when his dog, Bella, would stir him to keep going. There was a lot to like about the experience, he said. Lost at sea for months on a disabled catamaran, with no way to cook and no source of fresh water but the rain, Australian Timothy Shaddock said he expected to die.
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