The Sailing Challenge by Bear Grylls

Author:Bear Grylls [Bear Grylls]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
Published: 2019-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

“So, we need to ration ourselves, and supplement what we have.”

He took a mouthful from the bottle, but didn’t swallow it immediately. He gargled it, then swilled it around in his mouth, then licked his lips, then swallowed. He handed Mia the bottle.

“Take a mouthful.”

Mia was so thirsty that she gulped it down before Bear had finished.

“Woah! Hang on there … do what I just did and swill it around your mouth first. It helps the water soak in so you get as much good as you can from it.”

Mia took more care with the next mouthful. The water moistened her mouth and made her less thirsty than she had been.

“Now,” Bear said, “I need you to get more stuff out of the cabin. There’s a big bowl and a pair of metal cups in the locker by the cooker. There’s a plastic sheet under the bunk and a couple of fishing weights and bungee cords from the locker up here … Can you get all that for me, please?”

Mia could feel herself wanting to tell Bear to get it himself, but she resisted. She knew that they were in a bit of trouble and that he needed her to do what he said. She decided to trust him. Besides, being busy helped take Mia’s mind off feeling ill. She quickly followed Bear’s instructions.

“That’s great,” he said as she added the last item to the pile on the deck. “Thanks, Mia. Now can you set the bowl down on the cabin roof? It needs to be as flat as possible.”

The cabin roof was pointed, but because Ursula leaned over while they were under sail, one side of the roof was almost flat.

“Okay, now put one of the cups in the middle of the bowl. Weigh it down with one of the fishing weights. Scoop up some sea water with the other cup and fill the bowl until it’s about an inch deep.”

Mia did all that, but she left out the weight for the cup. What was the point of that? She poured the sea water into the pan, and the cup started to float. Now Mia saw the point of the weight. She quickly rescued the cup before it toppled over into the salt water, and dropped the weight in.

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