An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California. The Royal Australian Navy said Aurimas Mockus was taken aboard a landing ship, where he is undergoing a medical assessment on Monday. The 44-year-old adventurer had been stranded for three days in the Coral Sea east of the Queensland state coastal city of Mackay. He had rowed there in an enclosed boat nonstop from San Diego headed for the Queensland capital, Brisbane. He began the 7,500-mile journey in October and was days away from Brisbane when he hit the storm. Mockus activated an emergency beacon on Friday after rowing into stormy seas and strong winds.
