article_snippet: The water was coming in and there was nothing I could do but wait
article_snippet: so I lay on my bunk strapped in and floated for three days.
article_snippet: I wasn't strapped in and a wave hit
article_snippet: and I got thrown around the cabin
article_snippet: But I told myself to pull the cabin together and luckily got rescued.'
article_snippet: But I was alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
article_snippet: One evening I was in a stream having a wash
article_snippet: All I could do was get out as quick as I could and luckily my clothes were on the shore so me had a good sniff of them and that slowed me down. '
article_snippet: we were able to make a fuss and throw some stones in the water and luckily that scared me off