'Naked' Irish rower rescued off Australia

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0607/breaking23.html

An Irishman calling himself “the naked adventurer” has been rescued off the coast of Australia during his attempt to be the youngest man, and first Irishman, to row solo across the Indian Ocean.

Keith Whelan (29) - who rows in the nude to avoid painful chafing from salt crusts that build up on clothing - got into difficulty late last night when a large wave hit his vessel and threw him across his sleeping cabin, cutting his head on a bolt.

He managed to treat himself to stop the bleeding before using a satellite phone to contact a friend in the UK, who alerted the Australian authorities.

At 200km offshore, the vessel was beyond the reach of the local coastguard search and rescue. Perth water police issued an alert and diverted the nearby Japanese cargo ship Fujisuka to pick him up. A GPS location tracker on Mr Whelan's website shows the boat about 150km from the town of Kalbarri on Australia’s western coast. The boat was lifted on to the cargo ship, and was damaged slightly in the process.

The Fujisuka is now heading for land, where Mr Whelan will receive medical treatment.

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1. Doctors will demand, however, that he wear a hospital gown while being treated.

;-)

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2. he now becomes 'the naked patient'.....what next?

:evilgrin:

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3. Well, there's no salt around then. Nt