Mick Dolman

Our legs were like rubber.

So we had to crawl to get onto the land.

We were just so pleased that we were out of the raft and not relying on our seafaring skills to get ourselves out.

But we very quickly came to the conclusion that we're out of the fat and into the fire.

I forget who said it, but the view from one of the crew was that we're never going to get out of here.

We might have to get back in that raft.

What did you think about that?

I said, no way in the world.

I'm not getting in that raft.

So what did you do about that?

I cut the raft.

I cut one of the wings out of the raft to make a lap-lap to keep myself warm.

I think I have to put a bit of it down to my age.

You know, I played football.

I was a pretty tough guy.

I just don't give in, and that doesn't mean that others do, but it wouldn't take much for a...

If you're so exhausted just to lay down thinking you're only going to have a snooze and it ends up you're dead.

But I elected to go and find a way out on a couple of occasions and the bosun gave me 10 bucks to get some cigarettes if I found the joint.

The only place I could put the 10 bucks was down my jocks in the crutch.

Well, actually, I came back.