Impressive story of Ron Ingraham (67 years old) who stayed barely hydrated on fish he caught for 12 days after his small sailboat was damaged. No news story (I could find) mentioned this but I noticed he had a broad brimmed straw/palm leaf hat. These are great for sun protection. Also when you wet these hats the evaporative cooling helps.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/10/us/hawaii-sailboat-found/
I go thru a lot of these hats, but don't allow people to photograph me in them because they look silly. Many years ago I bought one at Home Depot in PCB, FL used it when paddling over to Shell Island with my young daughter across the shipping channel, around the backside viewing HS-crap, stingrays. We almost got swept out to sea with falling tide but we made it back across the channel despite a major thunderstorm and all. Surprisingly my daughter occasionally still paddles with me. Adventure!
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