“Do you copy? This is Kayak 1. Do you copy? Over,” he said in the first part of his message.

The Fiordland maritime radio dispatcher acknowledged him: “Roger you loud and clear. Go ahead.”

“Iʼve got an emergency situation. I am in a kayak about 30 km from Milford Sound. I need a rescue.”

The story of Andrew McAuley is one of the most gripping and heart wrenching tales of adventure ever told, and Solo: Lost at Sea tells his tale beautifully.

On January 11, 2007, Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand across 1600km (1000 miles) of one of the wildest and loneliest stretches of ocean on Earth. Thirty days later, New Zealand maritime authorities received his distress call. Having survived a harrowing and torturous month at sea, conquering monstrous swells and terrifying storms, McAuley lost his life only a day from completing his journey. While his body was never recovered, the camera tapes from his kayak were and they form the basis of this moving and questioning portrait of a complex man, his family, his supporters and his attempt to conquer the impossible.

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