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He stood off in the raft but managed to get back aboard several times to dive below and retrieve a piece of cushion, a sleeping bag, and an emergency kit containing, among other things, some food, navigation charts, a short spear gun, flares, flashlight, solar stills for producing drinking water, and a copy of Sea Survival, a survival manual ...
Dougal Robertson (January 29, 1924–September 22, 1991) was a Scottish author and sailor who with his family survived being adrift at sea after their schooner was holed by a pod of orcas in 1972, one of the few documented orca attacks in the Pacific.
Having lost a third of his weight and being covered with scores of saltwater sores, he was taken to a local hospital and spent six weeks recovering. During his journey, Callahan experienced a few positive elements aside from suffering, describing the night sky at one point as "A view of heaven from a seat in hell."
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Their survival story is known as 117 Days Adrift despite the duration actually being longer (118 days) because initial news reports were wrong and it was decided to keep this name for consistency. [2] The Baileys' journey began when they left Southampton, England, in their 31-foot (9.4 m) yacht Auralyn. Their intended destination was New Zealand.
José Salvador Alvarenga (Spanish: [xoˈse salβaˈðoɾ alβaˈɾeŋɡa]; born c. 1975) is a Salvadoran fisherman and author who was found on January 30, 2014, aged 36 or 37, [nb 1] on the Marshall Islands after spending 14 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean beginning on November 17, 2012.
In 1983, Ashcraft's fiancé, 34-year-old British sailor Richard Sharp, was hired to deliver the 43-foot (13 m) yacht Hazaña from Tahiti to San Diego.The then 23-year-old Ashcraft accompanied him on the crossing.
An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months says he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land for the first ...