A group of "desperate and starving" islanders have been rescued by a British sailor on his way to Australia.But he soon discovered the atoll was home to 14 adults and 10 children, who had been without supplies for months because the ship due to deliver them had got stuck.
The families had been surviving on coconuts and fish and were desperately low on water.
So Mr Bond shared everything he could spare with the islanders.
The skipper - who is a fundraiser and supporter of the ShelterBox charity based in Cornwall - contacted Falmouth Coastguard for help and they, in turn, called their American counterparts and the Honolulu authorities to arrange for a fresh boat-load of supplies.
"When the British sailor arrived, he was met by the desperate and starving islanders who had not been delivered any supplies for months," explained the Falmouth coastguard.
"The supply ship which should have brought them provisions was stuck at a nearby island. They had been living off just coconuts and any fish that they could catch for months."
The coastguard told Sky News Online there was no way of knowing who would have found the starving population, had Mr Bond not decided stop off.
Richard Williams, Falmouth's watch assistant said: "The British sailor has given the islanders all the supplies that he can spare from his 33ft yacht.
"We are now working with the Americans to drop supplies or land on the island. As the island was used by the Americans and the British during the war it does have a runway.
"We don't normally get requests like these, but hopefully we will be able to help the islanders to get the supplies that they need.
"So far, we have been given a shopping list of provisions such as cooking fat, rice, sugar and flour which we have passed on to the Americans."
Reminds me of Gilligan's Island