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Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-04-2014, 16:42
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Posted By minaret
Re: Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

Smart guy. Catching seagulls and tearing off their wings so they can't escape, then keeping them alive for some time so he always had fresh meat "on the hoof"-pretty sharp. This is the sort of thing...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-04-2014, 16:12
Replies: 485
Views: 59,174
Posted By minaret
Re: Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

That's because the above link is to part two of a two part article. Part one, where he discusses his companion and denies eating him, is here.



Castaway Jose Alvarenga denies he turned...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-02-2014, 16:36
Replies: 485
Views: 59,174
Posted By minaret
Re: Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

Turtle liver. Most critters livers are loaded with vitamins. If you eat even a little polar bear liver, you will die from vitamin A poisoning.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-02-2014, 20:20
Replies: 485
Views: 59,174
Posted By minaret
Re: Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

Yep. He should do as Poon Lim did, and teach a survival at sea course. I've never heard anyone describe "tickling" pelagic fish as he does. Says he put his hands in the water and wriggled his fingers...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 31-01-2014, 17:25
Replies: 485
Views: 59,174
Posted By minaret
Re: Man Washes up in Marshall Islands 'After 16 Months Adrift'

The current record holders (Mexican fishermen) kept a tally of the number of turtles they hand caught to survive. By the time they had drifted from Mexico to Australia, they had caught and eaten 103...
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