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The sailor who spent weeks misplaced at sea in January, surviving largely off of ketchup, might have a brand new, state-of-the-art boat coming to him.
And the good-looking reward can be because of Ketchup big Heinz, which is making an attempt to find Elvis Francois.
The corporate posted a callout to social media on February 14th, hoping to trace down the elusive Dominica sailor. Based on Heinz’s social media, they’ve already reached out to the federal government of Dominica, the island nation the place Francois is from, in addition to the Colombian navy, which rescued him northwest of Colombia’s Puerto Bolívar.
However thus far, not one of the makes an attempt to seek out Francois have panned out, says Heinz.
So the ketchup retailer is now “asking most of the people to attempt to assist with the hunt,” in accordance with an announcement shared with CNN over e-mail.
“We’re additionally asking for any credible results in contact Elvis so we will help cowl a brand new boat outfitted with full navigational expertise to keep away from one other catastrophe sooner or later,” added the corporate.
Heinz additionally urged followers use the hashtag #FindTheKetchupBoatGuy to amplify their search.
Francois, 47, was repairing his boat close to the Dutch a part of the island of Saint Martin in December when his boat was pulled out to sea. He instructed Colombian authorities that he lacked the navigational data to return to shore and spent 24 days at sea. He survived off a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder, and Maggi inventory cubes, which he blended with water.
He was rescued after a aircraft noticed his sailboat with “assist” engraved into the hull, in accordance with Colombian authorities.