"... he said, he was hopeful, but more than 10 ships had sailed past him. None of them stopped or saw [him]."
From "Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in 'fishing hut'" (BBC). The "fishing hut" is "a 'rompong' - a floating fish trap without any paddles or engine... which... floats in the middle of the sea but is anchored to the seabed by ropes." Before the ropes snapped, the 19-year-old Aldi Novel Adilang lived alone out there, visited once a week by "someone from his company who would come to collect the fish" and give him food and water. It's a hard, lonely life even when you are not adrift.
ADDED: If isolated, floating rompongs are a common sight, why would anyone on a passing ship notice that one was no longer properly anchored?
From "Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in 'fishing hut'" (BBC). The "fishing hut" is "a 'rompong' - a floating fish trap without any paddles or engine... which... floats in the middle of the sea but is anchored to the seabed by ropes." Before the ropes snapped, the 19-year-old Aldi Novel Adilang lived alone out there, visited once a week by "someone from his company who would come to collect the fish" and give him food and water. It's a hard, lonely life even when you are not adrift.
ADDED: If isolated, floating rompongs are a common sight, why would anyone on a passing ship notice that one was no longer properly anchored?
