American sailor Thomas Louis Corogin (R), 84, speaks to a Chilean navy officer during his arrival in the Chilean port of Valparaiso January 9, 2012. Corogin was making his seventh attempt to sail alone around the tip of South America when his mast broke. His small vessel was found bobbing in the water 440 nautical miles south of Easter Island and far from the Chilean mainland. The Navy, who found Corogin after he activated an emergency beacon, arranged for a Japanese merchant ship, the "White Kingdom", to make a detour and pick him up on January 4, 2012. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE - Tags: MARITIME TRANSPORT MILITARY SOCIETY)