"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
-In order to help himself catch the fish, what does Santiago do?

A) he promises to pay more attention to manolin upon his return
B) he decides to recite ten hail marys and ten our fathers
C) he lightens the boat by throwing all unnecessary weight overboard.
D) he ties the skiff to a buoy so that the fish cannot pull it farther out to sea.