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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Supplies Pi had on the lifeboat

  • 192 tablets of anti-seasickness medicine
  • 124 tin cans of fresh water, each containing 500 millilitres, 60 litres in all
  • 32 plastic plastic vomit bags
  • 31 cartons of emergency rations, 500 grams each. 15.5 kilos in total
  • 16 wool blankets
  • 12 solar stills
  • 10 orange life jackets, each with an orange whistle
  • 6 morphine ampoule syringes
  • 6 hand flares
  • 5 buoyant oars
  • 4 rocket parachute flares
  • 3 tough, transparent plastic bags
  • 3 can openers
  • 3 graduated glass beakers for drinking
  • 2 boxes of waterproof matches
  • 2 buoyant orange plastic buckets
  • 2 mid-size orange bailing cups
  • 2 multi-purpose plastic containers
  • 2 yellow rectangular sponges
  • 2 buoyant synthetic ropes
  • 2 non-synthetic ropes
  • 2 fishing kits with hooks, lines and sinkers
  • 2 gaffs with sharp barbed hooks
  • 2 sea anchors
  • 2 hatches
  • 2 rain catchers
  • 2 black ink ballpoint pens
  • 1 nylon cargo net
  • 1 solid lifebuoy
  • 1 large hunting knife
  • 1 sewing kit
  • 1 first-aid kit
  • 1 signalling mirror
  • 1 pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes
  • 1 large dark chocolate bar
  • 1 survival manual
  • 1 compass
  • 1 notebook
  • 1 boy with a complete set of light clothing but for one lost shoe
  • 1 spotted hyena
  • 1 Bengal tiger
  • 1 lifeboat
  • 1 ocean
  • 1 God

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