William P. Archer III

William P. Archer III, 32, was plucked from his life raft in choppy seas on Thursday, 42 days after he set sail from Spain's Canary Islands on a solo voyage to the Caribbean island of Antigua.
His 39-foot (12-meter) vessel, the Alchemy, listed Newport, Rhode Island, as its home port, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Archer could not immediately be reached for comment.
The tanker, the Omega Lady Sarah, had been carrying oil products from New Orleans to Gibraltar when crew members spotted Archer's red parachute distress signal, and then saw him waving for help from a life raft tethered to the sinking yacht.
"His boat sank 25 minutes after our crew dragged him up to the ship," Gregory McGrath, chief financial officer for Athens-based Omega Navigation Enterprises, said in a telephone interview. He did not know how or when the yacht had been crippled.
Archer told rescuers he had not eaten in four days and had pain in his back. He was taken ashore in Nassau, Bahamas, and evaluated at a hospital before his release.