He was Gulliver Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class, thirty years old, big boned and rough.. and one hundred and seventy days adrift in space. He was Gully Foyle, the oiler, wiper, bunkerman; too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship, too lazy for love. The lethargic outlines of his character showed in the official Merchant Marine records: