Have been out at sea for this length of time you would see the effects of long-term sunburn, for instance. there would be other signs of just the kind of food that they were eating and symptoms that they did not see in his case. that is raised some questions among skeptics. i m curious what you say to skeptics of this story. well like i said he had the shelter of his boat. the pierson 35 that s the kind of boat he had, is a very seaworthy boat. it stayed afloat. it had a cabin and he spent most of his time inside. and i think that is what protected him from the sunburn that i was expecting to see. and as far as any other disability affected by the long period of time i don t know what to say about that. now i do know this. when i spoke with him this morning, that he showed an ....