Russian round-the-world voyagers Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Beryozkin along with French national Vincent Thomas Garate Etienne arrived on the Sunshine Coast on Thursday morning after leaving the ship that picked them up in the Coral Sea.
The trio were rescued by the Shanghai-bound cargo ship about 800km southeast of Cairns on Wednesday after issuing a distress call about 1.30am.
They had left Vanuatu about August 28 on the way to Cairns when their boat began to sink following damage to both hulls from several shark attacks, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
First the left rear cycliner was damaged in an attack on Monday before what were reported to be small cookiecutter sharks circled again late on Tuesday evening, this time biting through the right cylinder.
The men were left with no option but to call for help as their nine-metre catamaran, the Tion, began to sink.
Australian authorities responded to the distress signal and directed the Dugong Ace to their location before Cairns-based Challenger Rescue Aircraft arrived at the scene.
AMSA said the incident was a timely reminder to always carry a distress beacon while on the water.
"Every time you proceed to the open ocean there's an element of risk," AMSA response centre duty manager Joe Zeller said.
"But you can minimise that risk by having the appropriate safety equipment such as lifejackets and a GPS-encoded emergency beacon."
AAP understands all three men are in good health and were collected by border force officials at an offshore anchorage, before being taken to the mainland.
The Russians' three-year voyage is a project by a branch of the Russian Geographical Society, and aims to re-create the first Russian round-the-world expeditions of the 19th century.
It began in St Petersburg in July 2021 with the two Russians having travelled through the western seas of Europe, through the South Atlantic Ocean and into Pacific waters, with the Frenchman recently joining them as a temporary crew member.
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