![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Or had it been a four-day storm? Time was increasingly elastic in this world without clocks or calendars.Īs the morning sunlight comforted and warmed them, the fishermen hoisted the two-metre-long wooden plank from the floor, laid it across two benches that crossed the boat like central ribs and prepared a bed. Taking stock of their tools and supplies was disturbingly quick: a long wooden plank, one grey bucket with some clothes, a battered fishing knife with a cracked handle, a trusty machete, a wooden club, the empty icebox (with lid), a pile of bleach bottles, a small pile of nylon rope, the useless motor and one red onion found wedged under a seat after the five-day tumult. Nearly all the fishing gear was floating in the sea kilometres away and their fouled communications gear now lay at the bottom of the ocean. The Yamaha motor lacked cover and cord it looked naked. Puddles of seawater sloshed at their ankles, a reminder that despite non-stop bailing, the two men had never fully emptied the boat of water. ![]() Like a traveller lost in a desert, the men had no certainty that what they saw or heard actually existed. Objects 30 metres deep were magnified and distorted by the water. A Styrofoam block just a kilometre away could be distorted into looking like an aircraft carrier on the horizon. As Alvarenga and Córdoba scanned the horizon, the lack of waves distorted their depth perception. A chart showing where the men went missing and the area of the initial search. ![]()
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