Pi Patel lays out a practical “program” for any castaway sharing a lifeboat with a dangerous animal, aimed at establishing and enforcing territory without provoking a lethal attack.

Pi Patel advises choosing manageable seas, streaming the sea anchor for stability, preparing a safe haven off the boat, and improvising bodily protection. Pi Patel then explains that the castaway must deliberately provoke the animal by intruding noisily at the edge of the castaway’s territory—without stepping into the animal’s territory—using consistent signals such as a whistle. Pi Patel notes that Pi Patel did this by stamping on the bench and blowing the whistle.

Once the animal is roused, Pi Patel recommends maneuvering so the animal makes a “trespass” into the castaway’s territory (or even a determined advance into the neutral zone), and immediately treating it as an intolerable border violation. At that instant, Pi Patel says to blow the whistle at full blast and trip the sea anchor so the lifeboat turns broadside to the waves and begins to roll hard.

Pi Patel’s goal is to pair the whistle and territorial defiance with intense seasickness in the animal until the animal is incapacitated by nausea. Pi Patel emphasizes endurance—continuously blowing the whistle and even swaying to increase the boat’s motion—while using vomit as a deterrent along the territory line if necessary.

When the animal is thoroughly sick, Pi Patel advises stopping and allowing it to recover with shade, water, and anti-seasickness medication if available, then repeating the treatment until the whistle alone reliably drives the animal back to the farthest, safest part of its territory. Pi Patel concludes that once the association is fixed, the whistle should be used sparingly.