One more to sailor's library

I’ve just finished reading “118 dagar på drift i Stila Havet” of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey. (Eng. 117 Days Adrift )
Fascinatig book.

It happened before I was born and long before the world of telecommunications we have today.

However - reflecting on my sailing equipment and means of emergency communications and survival I would do worse than they did.
Shame on me.

Photo from book “118 dagar på drift i Stila Havet” M&M Bailey

They were drifting on Pacific Ocean, close to Galapagos, on the edge of busy ships routes. They were not noticed by many passing ships, despite their desperate attempts to signal them. More than four months, on life raft which was falling apart and small rubber dinghy.

Their red rockets were not noticed. Their smoke flares neither. They had no radio, no VHF, no EPIRB nor satellite telephones.
Apart from fascinating story I take it as a “lessons learned” and fill my “To Fix” list should I ever go offshore.

There is some material on the web about the couple. Wikipedia has a page about them, short documentary can be found on YouTube and on dedicated page.

My book is from the library but I will get my own copy to sit on the bookshelf with Chichester, Knox-Johnston, Baranowski, Chapman and Coles