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Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
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Paperback - 234 pages (August 1996)

         

The author, Steven Callahan, September 2, 1997

For 2.5 months, I drifted about 2,000 miles across the Atlantic, learning to become an aquatic caveman. For many, Adrift is strictly an "adventure" survival story in which I starve and dehydrate, battle sharks and slowly adapt to the ocean wilderness in which anything that floats slowly develops an island-like ecology. While writing Adrift, I struggled to keep the pace without losing readers in sailor's jargon. However, deeper themes swim throughout the story, particularly with a school of fish that follow the raft. Although I experience a sort of living death, I am awakened to new sensitivities about my place in the universe and society, which infuses the experience with a sense of awe and wonder as much as pain and desperation. The fish, representatives of the sea's majesty and mystery, become my friends, test me and almost kill me, yet bring about my salvation.

Webmaster's Note:

This book is a must read for anyone venturing offshore. You will want to take notes and incorporate what Steven Callahan learned about survival in your emergency plans.


117 Days Adrift (World of Cruising)
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Paperback - 192 pages (May 1992)

         

Book Description

The Bailey's is a fantastic human story of adaptaion to totally alien conditions. It is a story of amazing courage, resolution and endurance. Essential reading for all who enjoy a gripping true story, 117 Days Adrift is an inspiring tale that has become one of the classics of the sea.


Heavy Weather Sailing, 30th Anniversary Edition
by K. Adlard Coles, Peter Bruce (Editor)
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Hardcover - 288 pages 30Thanniv edition (October 19, 1999)

         

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The classic standard work on seamanship under gale conditions receives the most thorough revision of its 30 years: with 21 new chapters and contributions from world-renowned sailors such as Olin Stephens, John Shuttleworth, Mike Golding, Robin Knox Johnson, and Val Haigh. This edition retains the mix of storm survival stories with expert analysis and advice, and dramatic photos of storm seas.


Heavy Weather Tactics Using Sea Anchors & Drogues
by Earl R. Hinz, Richard R. Rhodes (Illustrator)
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Hardcover - 164 pages 1 Ed edition (October 2000)

         

Chuck Hawley, West Marine

...examines drag devices in great detail, drawing from his personal observations, information from manufacturers, and reports from users.

Victor Shane, Drag Device Data Base

...over the learning curve in an express elevator. This book belongs in the library of cruising and armchair sailors alike.

Book Description

Few of us can or even want to relate to the drama of fact and fiction seen in THE PERFECT STORM, yet the coastal and offshore waters in which we do our recreational boating often serve up storms of a magnitude that can make a believer out of the hardiest skipper. Even an imperfect storm can be a demanding exercise best handled with practical survival seamanship skills combined with a modern drag device.

Boating literature is replete with incidents wherein sailors are unexpectedly put in a survival situation while pursuing their recreational adventures and many are found wanting in survival skills. Without those skills and not having a drag device on board when the chips are down, they find few survival options left other than prayer. When you go offshore be a little pessimistic and consider drag devices before you leave the dock--for afterwards may be too late. Avoid becoming a storm statistic like the ANDREA GAIL.


Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions
by Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
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Paperback - 176 pages (March 1999)

         

Book Description

Modern methods of heaving-to for survival in extreme conditions. Trysail and para-anchor technology for all types of boats and sailors.

From the Author

Lin and Larry Pardey have voyaged togethre for over 26 years, covering the equivalent of 5 circumnavigations on board their own self-built cutters, Seraffyn and Taleisin. Larry worked as first mate on a 140-ton, 85-foot schooner, Double Eagle, voyaging from Newport Beach, California, to Hawaii and back and along the Mexican coast before meeting Lin. He, along with Leslie Dyball, won the handicap prize for first overall in the exceptionally stormy 1974 Round Britain two-handed race.



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