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Two lonely sailors stranded in the isolated Indian Ocean during a race around the world were in a "stable and good state" after being rescued at a multinational mission, Australian authorities said Tuesday. .
The yachts of the Indian Abhilash Tomy and Irishman Gregor McGuckin, competitors of the Golden Globe race, were damaged during a storm on Friday, leaving them stranded at about 3,500 kilometers from the west coast of Australia.
Tomy, a 39-year-old navy commander, was seriously injured during the storm and his bunk unable to move, the race organizers said.
As part of an international effort to reach the men, the two sailors were located and taken on Monday aboard the French patrol vessel FPV Osiris.
"At this point, the two sailors would be fine and in a stable state," Canberra Al Lloyd, of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's coordinating agency, told reporters.
Lloyd said the men were due to arrive later Tuesday on an island on the Indian Ocean island, Amsterdam Island, where they would be assessed by doctors.
McGuckin, 32, was not injured but said he wanted to abandon his yacht after it was damaged. He went to Tomy to try to help him and arrived at the same time as Osiris, Lloyd said.
At this point, it was planned that they would be transferred to the HMAS Ballarat frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which was scheduled to arrive on the island on Friday, and brought to Australia, he added.
The Golden Globe race involves a 30,000-mile solo solo circumnavigation in yachts similar to those used in the first race 50 years ago without modern technology, with the exception of communications equipment.
Tomy's own yacht was a replica of Suhaili's Robin Knox-Johnston, winner of the first Golden Globe race.
A French patrol ship, the FPV Osiris, finally saved the sailors
India Abhilash Tomy said that he was injured in the back during a storm and that he was unable to move
