Here are real survivors out at sea, surviving impossible conditions. Here are 15 Emergency Survival Tricks When Lost Out At Sea! and we’ll start with Dr. Alain Bombard. For you folks out there that have no intention of getting in any water-laden obstacle (lake, sea, ocean, river,…), these survival tricks will give that peripheral survival knowledge so You’re Ready Anytime Anywhere!
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Bombard Survival Tricks!
In his 214-page book The Bombard Story, by Dr. Alain Bombard, the author proved salt water can save lives of lost isolated survivors out at sea. Dr. Bombard studied the effects of consuming salt water and found that the body can consume allowable amounts of salt water to hydrate the body without deadly results. To prove his research, on 19 October 1951, Dr. Bombard set out at sea on his 01-man rubber dingy. With no support, no food nor fresh water to consume on his 65-days out at sea,
Dr. Bombard drank fresh water squeezed from fish, salt water and rain water. Bombard also ate birds and fish he captured while out at sea. Bombard did eat 01 small meal while briefly aboard a ship.
In total, Bombard drank fresh water he squeezed from the fish he captured, drank rain water, and of his 65-days out at sea, he drank sea water for a total of 14-days.
Alain Bombard revealed a couple dozen castaway survival tricks that deserves your attention so you’re ready Anytime Anywhere. Here are a few of them so You’re Ready Anytime Anywhere!
- Bombard’s Night Fauna
- Bombard’s Emergency Equipment
- Bombard’s Fresh Fish Water Discovery
- Bombard’s Salt Water Discovery
- Bombard’s Sea Food Discovery
- Bombard’s Flying Fish Catching Technique
- Bombard’s Flying Fish Bait Technique
- Wind-Proof Outer Garments
- USS Indianapolis Shark Repellent
- D & M Water Procurement
- Anglo-Saxon Hydrating
- Anglo-Saxon Rejuvenation
- Anglo-Saxon Flying Fish
- Shackleton Land Ho
- Emergency Communications
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Bombard’s Night Fauna: Fauna is a general term used for all types of animals – marine life. In a report dated 17 December 1888, Prince Albert I of Monaco wrote, ‘an abundance of sea fauna could be caught during the night hours.’ To easily capture the sea fauna, a net was placed in the water at night which nets a variety of seafood. He goes on to state that ‘a fine silk net with an opening of about eight feet, towed on the surface for about half an hour, always brought in a considerable quantity of fish (Scopelide) and about four and a half inches of edible organic matter.
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Bombard’s Emergency Equipment: Learning from Monoco’s Prince Albert I ‘after-action-report,’ savvy Bombard came up with his own emergency equipment for survival at sea:
a) Straining Cloth: Straining cloth of different dimensions between 03 to 06-feet in diameter attached to 60-feet of line was used to catch a variety of sea fauna (marine life).
b) Fishing Line: Several fishing lines of 150-feet in length with hooks & bait were used to catch tunny fish (tuna fish).
c) Harpoon: A small spear or small harpoon (barbs) was used to catch sea perch. The harpoon or spears were orientated towards flotsam (floating debris) which attracted the fish. Shiny hooks also attracted fish.
d) Large Harpoon: Large harpoons were used to catch larger fish. For an idea to build your own harpoon, see Salmon Harpoon.
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Bombard’s Fresh Fish Water Discovery: Bombard knew to survive long periods out at sea he needed water. One fresh water source was from fish. Bombard’s ‘intensive research’ found that salt water fish by weight, were made up of between 50% to 80% fresh water. Here are his findings:
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Fish Water Weight %
Ray———————————————-76.8 – 82.2
Basking Shark——————————68.0
Dolphin—————————————77.0 – 78.89
Ray’s Bream———————————78.90
Sardine—————————————78.34
Anchovy————————————-76.19
Bonito—————————————-67.50 – 69.17
Bass——————————————–77.00 – 79.94
Mullet—————————————-75.6
Mackerel————————————-68.84 – 74.27
Tunny—————————————–58.5
Fish Roe————————————–48.80 – 78.31
Bombard concluded that he could get ample amount of fresh water each day by catching 06 – 07 pounds of fish a day. The water was extracted from the flesh of smaller fish by cutting them up and using a fruit extractor. He found that sodium by the most part in most salt water fish was absent.
Note: Bombard found that water can be extracted from bigger fish by simply cutting slits into the fish instead of cutting them up and placing the pieces in the fruit press.
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Bombard’s Salt Water Discovery: Bombard also discovered that salt water can be consumed WITHOUT the sickly & deadly affects preached by seamen to experts across the globe and throughout history. Bombard found that a castaway could drink up to 01 1/2 pints of salt / sea water a day without ill effects. A pint and a half come to about 24-ounces of water or 03 full cups of water. However, consuming large amounts of sea water causes inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis) which leads to death.
1st Note: Besides drinking fresh fish water & salt water; rain water was also consumed when available.
2nd Note: Bombard states that there is a definite difference in taste between Mediterranean Sea water and Atlantic Ocean water. He states: “Atlantic water tastes absolutely delicious compared with that of the Mediterranean. Much less salty and quenches my thirst perfectly.”
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Bombard’s Sea Food Discovery: Bombard had a handle on water procurement but what about food? Fishermen and other sea experts forecasted that once Bombard passed the Canary Islands, there would be no fish for food. But quite the opposite happened for Bombard was often escorted and had visits from all sorts of marine life. Flying fish were even caught from their landings in the dingy.
Bombard also found that not only did most salt water fish have ample amounts of fresh water, they also contained much needed protein, fat, amino acids,… And planktonic plants contained a variety of different carbohydrates like monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. Plankton also provided the very important Vitamin C to counter sickly & deadly effects of scurvy.
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Bombard’s Flying Fish Catching Technique: Bombard’s technique to catch flying fish was absolutely effortless. As a matter of fact, while Bombard slept, he caught flying fish! Here it is, first of all, flying fish come from the family Exocoetidae that have enlarged pectoral or pelvic fins that sustain them of gliding fight over water.
Bombard caught plenty of flying fish when they catapulted themselves out of the water. The flying fish hit the dingy’s sail stopping them in-flight. The flying fish slid down the sail onto the tent shelter where they flopped around and lay till morning. Bombard caught between 05 and 15 flying fish each night. The flying fish were consumed for fresh water and food.
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Bombard’s Flying Fish Bait Technique: Pieces of flying fish were used as bait for other marine life. Bombard had a unique way to catch other marine life. Using a line and bone hook with a piece of flying fish attached to it, he threw the bait out and skimmed it over the ocean water imitating a flying fish gliding over the water. Bombard noted dolphins would fight over the bait like hungry dogs over a single bone. And other species of marine life also went for the flying bait.
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Wind-Proof Outer Garments: More than 50 years ago, New England fisherman had a technique to shield themselves from the unforgiving blasting wet ocean winds. Their outer garment was made of cotton. This cotton garment was coated with seal oil and proved to shield them against the blasting wet ocean winds which fisherman had to brave during their fishing expeditions.
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USS Indianapolis Shark Repellent: On 26 July 1945, the USS Indianapolis with a crew of 1,196, on a TOP SECRET mission – delivered parts for the US Atomic bomb (Little Boy) at Tinian Air Base that were used at Hiroshima, Japan. Departing and located in the Philippine Sea, on 30 July 1945 at 0014 hours (14-minutes past midnight), the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by Japanese submarine – I-58. The USS Indianapolis sunk in only 12-minutes.
Approximately 880 crew members survived the explosions and floated in the shark-infested water. Of the 880 crew members, only 317 survived shark attacks, dehydration,…
One technique to repel the man-eating sharks was to hit them in the eyes. Hitting the sharks in the eye(s) was very painful to them thus temporarily deterring the shark from imminent attacks on the vulnerable sailors.
Another deterrent was oil. Many soldiers were covered in black oil which acted as a shark repellent. Oil was also floating on the ocean water.
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D & M Water Procurement: William Decker was a 30-year camping editor of Outdoor Life magazine. He started his outdoor career working at sawmills in the Ozarks of Missouri. He’s also a veteran gold prospector, range rider, worked traplines and a camping guide. He’s authored books on camping, gunsmithing, leathercraft, shooting, trapping,… Travelling throughout wilderness areas of the US, Decker is no doubt a camping veteran.
Leonard Miracle gets his outdoor background while working as a cowpuncher, logger and sheepherder in the state of Idaho. A member of the US Forest Service, Miracle tested and evaluated many camping techniques. He was also an Associate Editor for the Outdoor Life magazine.
Decker and Miracle are authors of a book very worthy of your attention. Their 594-page book – Complete Book Of Camping is a must have for anyone interested in the wilderness.
Here’s a water procurement technique YOU HAVE TO KNOW about. Ever take a cold can of soda out of the cold fridge and bring it out into room temperature air? What happens? The moist warm air in the room interacts with the cold metal of the soda can and forms condensation. Kinda like warm moist air moving north up from the Gulf states and hitting an Alberta Clipper (super cold air) coming southward down from Canada. When warm air hits cold air you got miserable cold / wet problems.
Anyway, I tried finding the survival story related by D&M but failed to find it on the internet. It turns out there’s a true survival story of a sailor adrift out at sea. He was eventually rescued and surprisingly found to be in good condition. What did he do for water? He lowered a rope and attached to it was a large thin sheet of metal.
He lowered this contraption into the depths of the cold ocean where the temperatures were much colder than the hot air surface temperatures above. The sheet of metal cooled down real soon. He soon pulled up the rope with the frigid cold sheet of metal.
The cold sheet of metal reached the moist hot surface air and condensation quickly formed where it was collected for drinking. He repeated this method till he got the ration of water he needed for that time. Can this same technique be used in the early morning when it’s very cool? Why not.
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Anglo-Saxon Survival Tricks!
What are you gonna do when you’re stranded out in the middle of nowhere – the really unforgiving Atlantic Ocean? In August 1940, the British steamer the Anglo-Saxon left the Azores heading for Africa with its cargo of coal. On 21 August 1940, the Anglo-Saxon was torpedoed 500-miles southwest of the Azores. All hands were lost except for the initial 07 survivors. The following are a few of the survival tricks used by the Anglo-Saxon survivors.
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Anglo-Saxon Hydrating: The survivors were dying 01 by 01. With their water supply exhausted, physical and mental faculties deteriorated. Some survivors gave-up and went overboard saying “Who’s coming with me?” and sure enough another survivor would join him. Drinking the salt water was SURE DEATH (see Bombard Survival Tricks)! But they found a way to hydrate their bodies through their skin. They simply took a real quick dunk in the ocean water. Their skin absorbed and filtered the water. They found that their mouths were no longer dry, they could salivate.
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Anglo-Saxon Rejuvenation: The 07 survivors now numbered 02. To counter their great despair and boosts their spirits, their Will To Live, they found that a real quick swim (hanging onto the raft) rejuvenated them greatly.
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Anglo-Saxon Flying Fish: On 02 different occasions, flying fish launched themselves from the ocean depths and landed in their boat. The 02 survivors ate everything to include the head and eyes.
On 30 October 1940, after 3,000 miles and 70-days at sea, the 02 survivors finally landed in the Bahamas. They survived severe starvation, they survived severe thirst, they survived the killer baking sun, they survived the killer endless ocean, they survived despairing isolation – THEY SURVIVED THE IMPOSSIBLE. And you learned some of their survival tricks that saved their lives
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Shackleton Survival!
On 08 August 1914, Captain Frank Worsley and British explorer Sir Earnest Shackleton (he joined the crew in Buenos Aires) and a crew of 26 set-off from England on the ship called the Endurance. Their mission was to be the 1st to traverse Antarctica from the Weddell Sea to McMurdo Sound by the way of the South Pole. On 20 January 1915, the Endurance and her crew became trapped in an ice pack in the Weddell Sea.
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Shackleton Land Ho: On 24 April 1916, Shackleton and 02 others left the main body (22 crew members) at Elephant Island enroute to South Georgia Island 800-miles away. Their mission was to find help and rescue the main body). They miraculously survived a hurricane and now closed in on South Georgia Island. Almost dead from the hurricane storm, on 07 May 1916, the dying hypothermic trio spirits were boosted because they saw early signs of land even before they saw any land. The 03 heroes saw floating seaweed and witnessed birds flying near them – these were sure signs land is just beyond the horizon.
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Emergency Communications: I can’t tell you how many modern day true survival stories I’ve seen on the television, YouTube and other online television services, where the survivors are in their high dollar boat, high dollar plane, high dollar RV,… yet they had no access to emergency communications.
They spend BIG BUCKS on their toys, yet they can’t spend a tiny tiny fraction of that money they paid for their toys to invest in a LIVE-SAVING SATELLITE PHONE. Would it kill em’ to get a satellite phone?
Emergency communications meaning a Satellite Phone. As you already know, satellite phones work off satellites and those satellites ain’t falling back to Earth anytime soon.
A satellite phone has more communications reach than any 1,000 cell phones combined, even in the middle of any ocean, any desert, any sea, any jungle (find a clearing in the triple canopy).
Cell phones are worthless in wilderness environments and large water-laden environments where there are no cell towers.
But satellite phones don’t need cell towers. Their link to emergency services are straight up in the sky (24/7) where satellites are constantly floating in space over Earth
But WAIT!!! I’ve seen survival stories where the survivors had satellite phones but they still messed-up!!! How? Their satellite phone ran out of battery power and they had no spare batteries! Dang, WOULD IT KILL THEM to have a set or 02 of back-up satellite phone batteries?
But WAIT WAIT!!! Now that they got emergency services on their satellite phone, emergency services will ask “What is your exact location?” And they ask themselves “Where the heck are we?”
Don’t be like those lost souls. Invest in a satellite phone and learn how to navigate like the best navigators on Earth. I have NEVER NEVER NEVER heard of US Army Special Forces A-Team (Green Berets) getting outright lost on their hundreds & hundreds of international training missions and combat missions each year.
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MOST IMPORTANT NOTE: Now that you read & viewed ’15 Emergency Survival Tricks When Lost Out At Sea’ – You’re Ready Anytime Anywhere. However,before you go out on your next outdoor adventure, please re-read “How To Plan Your Outdoor Adventure!”
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