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Trigger Mike:

     You read the article right.

Indonesian teenager survives 49 days adrift at sea in fishing hut

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"The teenager only had a few days worth of supplies and survived by catching fish, burning wood from his hut to cook them, and sipping seawater through his clothes to minimize his salt intake."

     http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/indonesian-teenager-survives-49-days-adrift-at-sea-in-fishing-hut/ar-AAAyJ0X?ocid=ientp

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Sorry, the salt in seawater is dissolved and can't be "filtered" short of membrane (R.O.) type technology.  Clothing would remove only suspended particles too large to get through the weave.

If this were true, navys would have switched to this long ago and avoided those expensive distilling units.

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According to the news tonight,  the boy wrung rainwater out of his clothes to drink. Not saltwater. Makes since.

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23 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

According to the news tonight,  the boy wrung rainwater out of his clothes to drink. Not saltwater. Makes since.

Could also get good moisture content from fresh caught fish.

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2 hours ago, Chief Rick said:

Could also get good moisture content from fresh caught fish.

They said he used wood from the shack to make a fire to cook the fish. I guess he’s not fond of sushi. But cooking it would both lessen the nutritional value and dry it out (not to mention building a fire on a wood boat/raft/shack seems, at best, a little risky)

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