Leaving in June, and waiting wind of change for a few months at the Zhoushan islands, Ganjin started on a voyage for Japan in November, but he encountered a severe storm and ended up drifting down to Hainan Island, far south from Japan, after 14-day drift.
6月に出航し、舟山諸島で数ヶ月風待ちした後、11月に日本へ向かい出航したが、激しい暴風にあい、14日間の漂流の末、はるか南方の海南島へ漂着した。