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Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea
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Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea

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THE HEART-STOPPING MEMOIR, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY AND SAM CLAFLIN, AND DIRECTED BY BALTASAR KORMAKUR (EVEREST)

A compelling, at times devastating, ultimately inspiring account of how much can go wrong on the ocean and how, miraculously, one woman conquered her own fears.

‘An inspirational and empowering read’ Shailene Woodley

Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami’s hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn’t anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves the size of skyscrapers, and 140 knot winds. Richard tethered himself to the boat and sent Tami below to safety, and then all went eerily quiet. Hours later, Tami awakened to find the boat in ruins, and Richard nowhere in sight.

Adrift is the story of Tami’s miraculous forty-one-day journey to safety on a ravaged boat with no motor and no masts, and with little hope for rescue. It’s a tale of love and survival on the high seas– an unforgettable story about resilience of the human spirit, and the transcendent power of love.

Previously published as Red Sky in Mourning

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 22, 2018
ISBN9780008297824
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Tami Oldham Ashcraft

Tami Oldham Ashcraft speaks frequently about her experiences and continues to be an avid sailor. She is a 100-ton licensed captain who has logged more than 50,000 offshore miles, and lives with her husband and family in Friday Harbor, Washington.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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    This is as much a love story as a sailing story. Tami, the protagonist, loses her British fiancee at sea while delivering a boat from Tahiti to San Diego. She then has to survive by jury rigging a mast and setting course for the Hawaai. I found the sailing parts of the story the most interesting by far and would have welcomed more detail, more story on the sailing. What was also of great interest is the running conversation Tami plays in her head to keep her emotionally stable during the 41 days she is at sea alone. Ultimately, this is not so much either a sailing yarn or a love story, but the narrative of a young woman's coming of age through the self reliance necesitated and learned because of a tragedy at sea.