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He cautiously looked around, but there was no sign of anyone in any direction He walked around the boat and was glad when he sahat bue piece of driftwood It had floated against the hull Arflin pushed the piece of driftwood away from the boat and went below to eat a breakfast, which consisted of two oats were pretty much normal that day at sea The sea was cal about twelve knots Arflin saw a couple of tankers that appeared to be about fourhappened thatthe freedom of the wind, when just off his port bow about a hundred yards away, a subht it was soiant fish (or ed first

It stayed to his starboard bow keeping its distance for about an hour before subh it probably knehere he was all the tientine Navy as they frequented these waters, but he also knew it could be from any country in the world Since he was in International waters anyone had asthere When Arflin finished sailing for the day and reefed the sails, he set the sea anchor This is when his luck started changing for the worse He had just dozed off when he felt the sailboat being violently tossed to and fro in the raging sea A stor on for dear life After three hours the storht Arflin went on deck to assess the dae The halyard on the main mast had co where he was Noas alone in theocean

He decided his best chance for survival would be to sail east in the direction of the rising sun and with a little luck he ht spot land That was really the only choice he had When the sun was directly overhead he would stop for lunch After lunch he would sail with the sun directly to his back When the sun started setting in the late afternoon he would rig a sea anchor for the night At least he would keep sailing in an easterly direction and not be sailing around in circles