The design of this boat is very reasonable! In the hull, there are a lot of places that can be fixed and stuck to put things! It is estimated to be a design to cope with the bumps of the waves, but it has accidentally reserved a lot of useful things for us!
Seeing that the boat would not capsize again, I began to think about the next step and realized that Wang Nan and I don't necessarily have to float on the sea for long, we must reserve some fresh water! That's why I quickly raised the water scoop, picked up some rainwater, and stored it in the drink bottle.
The rain was heavy, and we saved a bottle of water in a short while, but unfortunately, I found such a drink bottle, and there are no other water storage tools, so I had to let Wang Nan drink enough first, and then I Drink again, and then save another bottle of water.
Next, we continued to scoop water out with a scoop, always keeping half of the sea water in the boat. Because of this, the weight of the hull can be maintained and it can be prevented from overturning again in bumps.
To say that this tropical weather is really baby-faced, and it changes when it changes. The heavy rain probably lasted less than an hour, and it stopped slowly! Then the wind gradually became smaller, and the waves gradually became smaller than before!
At this time, we can say that we are relieved temporarily! Although the rain has stopped, the sky is still gloomy. Without the sun, we still can't tell the direction, and we don't know where it has drifted!
Moreover, I checked the small boat just now, and found that the motor behind it was also broken, and it could not be started at all, and the floatable oars on the boat were gone, I don’t know where it was!
In other words, apart from drifting with the ocean currents, Wang Nan and I have no other motivation! There are two water scoops, which can be used as sculls temporarily, but they can only be used temporarily. That thing can't borrow much power at all!
Just out of danger, we fell into a desperate situation again! I used to watch all kinds of movies in distress at sea, but I have some theoretical experience of survival, but the current situation is that I don’t need anything!
Reluctantly, Wang Nan and I could only drift with the currents, floating so much until the sky was a little darker, and we still didn't see any shadows on the land, nor did we see other ships!
My heart is getting more and more bottomless, because based on the pitiful ocean knowledge I have, I already have an inference, that is, Wang Nan and I have drifted far away, completely far away from the mainland, as if toward the vast expanse. The South China Sea has gone!
Later, it was finally calm and the waves were calm, and when the sun came out from the dark clouds again, it was already a red sunset! I quickly checked the lower position and the direction of the boat drifting. As I had guessed before, we were drifting south!
For a while, I really wanted to cry without tears! Hainan and Sanya are to the north of us, but we are moving away! And to the south is the vast South China Sea,
Although there are some islands, it is very likely that we will not be able to catch up with any of them, and we will keep drifting like this!
Of course, the South China Sea also has an end. The southernmost point is Malaysia and Brunei. If it can float there, it would be an end point, but I have realized a problem, there is no water, no food, at the current rate, wait there. At that time, our bodies stinks!
Thinking of this, I quickly searched for it on the boat again, hoping to find some fishing line and the like, at least so that we can have fishing tools! But after searching for a long time, I only found a toolbox with hammers, wrenches, short knives, screwdrivers and the like, and no fishing tools!
"Oh! It seems we have to starve to death!" I secretly secretly disappointed. But on the surface, I didn't dare to show it at all. I was afraid that Wang Nan could not withstand this blow!
In fact, Wang Nan is a very strong girl who has been very independent for so many years. She just has never faced such a crisis and seemed a little flustered. With me, she chose to listen to me and rely on me more.
Therefore, at this time, I didn't dare to panic, seemed calm and composed, thinking hard about countermeasures!
"Xiaoxin, what do we..." Wang Nan looked at me with big eyes at this time, still looking very worried.
"Nan Nan, it's okay, we will definitely be saved!" I grabbed Wang Nan's hand and said. However, I found that Wang Nan's hands were cold! "Nan Nan, are you cold?"
"Well, a bit..." Wang Nan seemed to shiver and replied.
It is no wonder that we were soaked in the stormy sea just now. At this moment, there is still half of the boat in the water. Although we are wearing diving suits, it has a certain warmth effect, but it is not cotton clothes after all! The sun was about to set now, and the sea seemed to cool down.
I hurriedly asked Wang Nan to come over, put my arm around her, and gently wiped her soaked hair with my hand, but this was also very futile. My hand is not a towel, so how can I let the hair dry
It suddenly occurred to me that I was still wearing a T-shirt in my diving suit. The diving suit is waterproof. The T-shirt must not be wet and can be used to wipe Wang Nan's hair! So, I quickly asked Wang Nan to assist me, took off the diving suit, took off the T-shirt, and wiped Wang Nan's hair with his own hands.
In fact, the human head is an important part of heat dissipation, which is why it feels warm when wearing a hat in winter. Wang Nan has long hair, and it is not easy to dry naturally. If she does not wipe it, it will always be wet, and she will be colder!
"Xiaoxin, I'm a little scared..." After I wiped Wang Nan's hair, she threw herself into my arms and murmured.
"Don't be afraid, Nan Nan, I am here!" I hugged her, comforting her, "Even if this time is doomed, at least we are together!"
"Yeah! I'm willing
Die with you! "Wang Nan's eyes flashed and suddenly looked at me and said seriously.
"Don't talk about it yet, we will be saved!" I said firmly again. Not only to encourage Wang Nan, but also to cheer himself up!
In this way, our boat floated all night, and Wang Nan and I just cuddled with each other, and eventually fell asleep.
When I woke up, I found that Wang Nan was not by my side. She was scooping out the water in the boat little by little with a scoop.
"Wow..." She worked so hard, a little sweat was already leaking out of her forehead.
When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but feel relieved for a while! Judging from Wang Nan's performance, she has overcome her fear, and now she has begun to face our situation calmly!
"Nan Nan, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Wake up! There are no storms now. If we scoop the water out, we will drift faster, right?" Wang Nan said hello to me first, and then explained it.
"Yeah! You are right, I will do it together!" As I said, I also picked up the water scoop to help Wang Nan scoop out the boat together.
"Xiaoxin! Look! What is that!" Suddenly, Wang Nan seemed to have discovered something and screamed!
I followed the direction she had instructed and looked over, fascinatingly, as if I saw the shadow of a coconut tree!
"Yes... It's a tree! There is land! There is land!" I exclaimed excitedly. Wang Nan was also very excited on the side, and quickly started using a scoop as a boat oar, so I wanted to go in that direction.
"Nan Nan, don't worry, let's drain the water in this boat as cleanly as possible first, otherwise, the boat is too heavy for us to row over!" I hurriedly persuaded.
Wang Nan felt that I made sense, and quickly started drainage work harder! We scooped the water together, and quickly drained the water in the boat. After that, she was on the right and I was on the left. Using the scoop as the oars, we rowed hard, and the boat was really facing little by little. Go in that direction!
As the saying goes, looking at the mountain, although we saw the shadow of the coconut tree, we were not close. Wang Nan and I were paddling hard, and it took an entire hour to gradually see the location of the coconut tree. , Is actually a small island!
When we rowed closer, we discovered that the islands here are a bit bigger. In fact, this is an atoll. The area exposed to the surface of the water is roughly a few hundred square meters. There are seven or eight on the island. A coconut tree, and some low shrubs, but nothing else.
I can’t help but feel a little disappointed, but when I think about it, even if the atolls are land, it’s better than floating on a boat! So, we continued paddling and entered the shallow water area surrounded by the atoll. In the end, the boat ran aground in a position and could no longer move. (End of this chapter)