Buoy for boats

Through floods and storms, the people of Central Vietnam have learned many precious disaster prevention experiences, to minimize the damage. One of those experiences is the anti-ship method that overturned in the flood and storm that Mr. Vo Van An's family, currently living in 66 Le Ba Trinh, Hoa Cuong, Da Nang, has applied effectively in decades. by. With a simple and quick way of manufacturing, this method can be widely applied to people in areas affected by storms, causing flooding.

During floods and storms, fishermen often suffer heavy losses both in terms of people and property due to overturned boats. In the last storm No. 6, even when the boats were sheltered in the ship locks and the coastal area was still hit by waves. An initiative to make An's boat float is as follows:

Materials used as ' boat buoys ' are plastic water pipes (should be used well), pipe size: diameter 114 - 200mm (depending on the type of boat is big or small). The tubes are sealed and tightly sealed around the boat ( Figure 1: view from top to bottom; figure 2: view from the side; Figure 3: view from the front, back). Fish squid fishing can also be used in the same way ( Figure 4 : Plastic float tube wrapped around the basket). These plastic pipes act like a float around the boat. When traveling on the river, the storms often cause the boat to lose its balance.

(Photo: TTO)

An said: ' In the flood of the Dragon year (1964), my grandfather saved his whole family in this way. In the past, people used float tubes with banana stems or bamboo pipes to . '. According to Mr. An, this approach can also be applied to small boats and boats in the Mekong Delta in the flood season to minimize the damage and risks in natural disasters.

TRAN HUỲNH recorded