Once when I was sailing across rough seas, we rescued a lady officer who had been swept overboard by a rogue wave. She had no lifejacket strapped on. The nearest island, Mauritius, was 300 nautical miles away. It was about 20 hours before we were finally able to retrieve her from the clutches of a raging Indian Ocean. She had drifted 15 nautical miles away from the position she'd fallen overboard. The sea water temperature was above 20 deg. Celsius. Fortunately, neither hypothermia nor fatigue got the better of her and she lived to tell the tale.

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