Three guys sail from Nigeria to Spain (11 days ) sitting on the rudder
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Looks like we would normally be underwater.
Well I’ve never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music.
Hmmm, shouldn’t the rudder be underwater?
Still better than economy on spirit.
The ocean must have been calm the entire voyage.
BOAT. RUDDER. STRANGE. MOUNTAIN.
Imagine what phenomenally motivated workers, neighbors, etc., these guys would be. The level of tenacity and discipline are amazing
P&O cruises are getting worse.
Any actual proof of the OP title? Hard to imagine they could make it 11 days cross-ocean on that…
What did they do for water?
Their necks must be hurting
Crazily enough, not the first time 😳
https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/3/lagos-anchorage-officials-nab-stowaways-hiding-at-rudder-of-a-ship-heading-for-spain-video.html
Imagine being so badly off, that you travel the ocean on a ship’s rudder in hope of something better..
That’s what you call desperate!
What did they eat and drink? No way they had 11 days of provisions with them.
Last class accommodations
Man! These people are desperate!
Good thing they didn’t pick up a load along the way… that waterline is pretty high there.
So difficult to poop in front of others, & off a rudder.
After all that and will probably still end up getting deported
It’s legit. The photo was taken by Spanish coast guard. The bad news is that two of them are being deported and the third will be once recovered from hypothermia and dehydration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-stowaways-who-survived-11-days-ship-rudder-must-return-home-spanish-2022-11-29/
I’m legit impressed
This could be on thalassophobia sub. This gives me the willies to think about the voyage at sea
The desperation required to sit on a rudder for 11 days to escape your situation is literally incomprehensible.
When interviewed, they said they all had enough money to buy tickets on RyanAir but preferred the ship rudder.
The fact that they took such a huge risk breaks my heart. I hope that the world can change one day, for everyone.
Brings a whole new meaning to steerage
Used to be 5 of us.
Shark got Jaime and Yaba fell……
11 days ?? but how they can eat ?? How can they drink?? What about storm and wave on the sea?? Sorry but I have so many question with this picture.
Cruiselines hate this one simple trick
There are a million ways for this to go wrong and only 1 way it works. They hit the lottery. God bless and I hope the best for them
Edit-question
Does that part ever go underwater depending on the weight of the ship?
I’m a merchant sailor. Every time we go into a foreign port we have to do a “stowaway check.” My first time doing one I found out that you have to check the hawsepipe and anchor chain locker. Apparently stowaways have hidden in the hawsepipe before, this is highly dangerous and many have lost their lives hiding in such dangerous places. You start from the bridge of the vessel and work your way below and aft to engine room checking every corner of the vessel before leaving port. If you do find a stowaway while at sea you basically have to lock them in a room and provide them with food (at least US vessels.) Just don’t throw them overboard with a lifejacket like one vessel did, because each lifejacket on a merchant vessel has the vessel’s name on the back and they will know which ship threw the stowaways overboard.