A man who was rescued after three months adrift at sea has shared the strange things he did that kept him alive.

Timothy Shaddock, a 54-year-old Australian, had set off on a solo sailing dream with a 30-foot catamaran in Mexico when he was caught in a brutal storm out in the Pacific that left him with no sail, navigation, communication or any means of cooking.

He and a stray dog Bella, who had come along for the ride, were forced to survive however they could as they drifted in the mammoth ocean.

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Timothy has now shared the details of what he did to help him get through the three months or so they were both at sea.

With little to do and less to eat, the pair had to get inventive with how they got through the months some 2,000km adrift from the nearest land.

He explained he would keep himself busy by working on the boat fixing things and fishing to get hold of the raw seafood that would provide him and Bella with sustenance over the many weeks.

As well as this, he would work on ways to catch rainwater, but it wasn’t just practical things that helped him through.

Swims in the ocean and meditation were also vital to his mental health as he pushed through, The Guardian reports.

Then on top of this, writing in his journal and making sure Bella stayed fed was also key.

Andrés Zamorano, the helicopter pilot who spotted him after taking off from a tuna trawler, the María Delia, reckoned it was Timothy’s moral duty of care for Bella that kept him going.

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