CONTENTS 
Sections Page 
I Introduction 1 
II “Men Against the Sea” 3 
Abandoning ship 3 
Procedure in rescue craft 6 
Exposure at sea 7 
Drinking water at sea 9 
Food at sea 10 
Fishing 10 
Making your own fishing kit 11 
Making fish line 12 
Making a grapple hook 12 
Making fishhooks 13 
Sharks „ 17 
Navigation without instruments 17 
Wind and currents __ 18 
Direction at sea 20 
The sun . 20 
Stars .... 22 
Planets .. 22 
Constellations. 23 
Belt of Orion 24 
The Dipper 25 
Polaris— The North Star 25 
Southern Cross. 28 
Orientation ... 30 
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