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Dougal later wrote Sea Survival: A Manual, and continued to sail until his death from cancer in 1991. The manual was used to help save the life of Steven Callahan, who was stranded for 76 days in the Atlantic Ocean in 1981.
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, torch, 3 solar stills for producing drinking water and a copy of Sea Survival, a survival manual ...
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 ...
Kushila Stein didn't have water, but she did have hard candies in her day pack that she rationed out during the 37 hours she was stranded at sea. How hard candies helped a woman stranded at sea to ...
Deborah Scaling was born January 21, 1958, in Throckmorton, Texas.She took up sailing at an early age and began working as a crew member on yachts. In 1981, she became the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race, working as a cook on the South African Xargo.
An Australian sailor and his dog have been found alive after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean for two months. In April, Tim Shaddock, a 51-year-old from Sydney, Australia, and his dog, Bella ...
Their survival story is known as 117 Days Adrift despite the duration actually being longer because initial news reports were wrong and it was decided to keep this name for consistency. The Baileys' journey began when they left Southampton, England, in their 31-foot (9.4 m) yacht Auralyn. Their intended destination was New Zealand.
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C.– Three mariners who were stranded at sea after their sailboat was caught in bad weather as a storm lashed the East Coast were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The agency was ...