They telephone the coastguard and the lifeboat puts to sea and arrives- just in time to rescue them. Discuss the implications of the above story. Act out the story again.showing them doing the right thing this time. Choose captains and crew members. Captains tell crew members what jobs to do.
Crew members discuss conditions on board the ship.
They are not happy.but dare not tell the captain, as they would be guilty of mutiny and this would cost them their lives.