Late in October 2007, Perumal1, 46, and his fishing mate Selvaraj, 42 (Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu) went fishing one morning. They were on their new beauty, a 27 fit FRP boat driven by a 10 hp engine. Discarded on the beach lay their older vessel, a five-log catamaran. Ignoring a weather warning, Perumal and Selvaraj sought therich haul of deeper waters. So did fellow-fishers. Some 40 nautical miles from the coast, they were buffeted by stormy winds. The boat capsized. Perumal and Selvaraj clung for dear life to two plasticcans meant for water and sparediesel. They were rescued 20 hours later by a passing ship: battered, sick, shaken, sans boat..read more