As for me, I seized a piece of wood, while those who were in the boat perished without one being left with me for three days. They also exploited gold deposits in Upper Egypt. Ancient ships needed large crews, as they could not sail into the wind and tack. They had therefore quite often to be rowed. The Red Sea is not very wide and weather conditions are generally good.
Storms are much rarer than in the open Indian ocean further south and less violent.
If you have come to me, it is God who has let you live. For it is He who has brought you to this isle of the blest, where nothing is lacking, and which is filled with all good things. See now, you shall pass one month after another, until you shall be four months in this isle. Converse is pleasing, and he who tastes of it passes over his misery. I will therefore tell you of that which is in this isle.