Survive the Savage Sea - Sheridan House Maritime Classics

In June 1972, the 43-foot schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible. In an inflatable rubber raft, with a 9-foot fiberglass dinghy to tow it, Dougal Robertson and his family were miles from any shipping lanes. They had emergency rations for only three days and no maps, compass, or instruments of any kind. After their raft sank under them, they crammed themselves into their tiny dinghy.

For 37 days-using every technique of survival-they battled against 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion, adrift in the vast reaches of the Pacific before their ordeal was ended by a Japanese fishing boat. The Robertsons' strong determination shines through the pages of this extraordinary book which describes movingly their daily hopes and fears, crises and triumphs, tensions and heartbreaks.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Author's Acknowledgements
Glossary of Sailing Terms
Prologue
Part One: the Attack
Part Two: Castaways
Part Three: Safety
Part Four: Coincidence
Part Five: The Last Analysis

About the author

Dougal Robertson was born in Scotland in 1924 and spent the war in the Merchant Marine. He and his wife Lyn lived on a farm in England for a number of years before deciding to go on a circumnavigation with their children. He died in 1991.

Product details

• Authors: Dougal Robertson, Robertson Dougal
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2020
• EAN: 9781493049387
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-4938-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics; Maritime Classics
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Water sport, sailing; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Adventure holidays, Boating, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Travel guides: adventure holidays, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Boating, Biography: adventurers & explorers, Boating: Sport & leisure