Four sailors survival at sea for 118 days in an upturned trimaran ranks as one of the worlds greatest survival stories--or one of its greatest hoaxes.

The trimaran rose noelle. The crew of four spent 118 days adrift inside the upturned hull. They cut holes in the hull collected rainwater and eventually caught and cooked fish. In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton New Zealand for Tonga with four men on board.

TIL that 4 sailors survived at sea off the coast of New Zealand for 118 days after their trimaran the Rose-Noelle was upturned by a rogue wave. Rose Noelle skipper John Glennie sits among wreckage of his trimaran with some of the items recovered along the rugged south-eastern coast of Great Barrier Island. Inside the yacht it was as if a house had been inverted in an earthquake.

The 1265m trimaran Rose-Noelle departed Picton on 1 June 1989 on a voyage to Tonga on board was a crew of four. This documentary tells the story of four men men who survived 119 days adrift at sea in an upturned trimaran. The Rose-Noelle story was a ripper.

Three days into its voyage at 6am on June 4 1989 a massive wave - so big it roared like a freight train - came out of the darkness and flipped the 65 tonne. My 40ft trimaran Rose-Noelle capsized in a never-never land where no hope of survival existed. The incident subsequently became a source of some controversy leading to an investigation by the.

Drifting at sea for a harrowing 119 days the tale of how the four strangers survived the elements and each other has become legendary. When their upturned trimaran Rose Noelle washed up on New Zealands Great Barrier Island in October 1989 these four men were in good enough shape that they had a tough time convincing authorities that they had indeed been adrift for 119 days. Owner John Glennie Rick Hellreigel Jim Nalepka and Phil Hofman.

John Glennies boat Rose Noelle capsized in the Pacific in June 1989 and washed up four months later on Great Barrier Island. Stranded 15 IMDb 63 1 h 26 min 2016 In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton New Zealand for Tonga with four men on board. The 41-foot-long trimaran Rose-Noëlle which had been lying beam-on to the seas was engulfed by an avalanche of white water pitched to 90 degrees then flipped upside down.