Good swimmers, apparently.

The Atlantic ain't very forgiving. They're very lucky the oil hasn't closed down fishing where they capsized.

They spent nearly three days adrift at sea; the only thing they had to cling to was a water cooler. Despite an extensive Coast Guard search covering more than 11,000 miles, it was a passing fisherman who found the three, by accident.

In a call to officials, the fisherman said, "Yeah, Coast Guard, this is vessel 10 Frank. Just picked up three survivors out of the water. I wonder if somebody can come and get them from me."