even if the Minnow got back out to sea-the castaways would have been helpless because the ships wheel was broken in the storm {pilot}; likewise are drifting for three days there would probably be little or little fuel left for the engine for the propellers [Causing them to drift]; and lastly without a transmitter [1] how can they contact anyone? So being on the Island was the best thing that could have happened to the castways!
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