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Title:Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Author:Steven Callahan
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 344 pages
Published:October 17th 2002 by Mariner Books (first published December 31st 1986)
Categories:Nonfiction. Adventure. Survival. Autobiography. Memoir. Travel. Biography
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Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.

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Original Title: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
ISBN: 0618257322 (ISBN13: 9780618257324)
Edition Language: English

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10 Stars If anyone was going to get shipwrecked and survive alone on the Atlantic it was Steve Callahan. He was a delivery skipper sailing boats from one place to another and he very much wanted to do a single-handed across the Atlantic. He had studied books on surviving at sea, he'd bought all the correct gear, practised the manoeuvres necessary to get off a sinking boat as fast as possible and within hours of setting off from the Canaries, his boat sank.There is nothing I can write further

A fast-moving and captivating book that grabs hold and carries you right through the end.So why three stars? Well, Callahan is not the most reliable narrator. Once the wild ride is over, the weird inconsistencies that you didn't have time to think about mid-read start to gnaw at the edge of your consciousness. Then there is Callahan's ego, which is big enough to capsize his ship even without a rogue wave. The too careful minimization of his errors, and his tendency towards inflated descriptions

Adrift is about one man's solitary journey, both internal and external, on the perilous ledge between life and death. Steven Callahan is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Antigua, but before he departs, an elderly fisherman points to his vessel, the 21' long Napoleon Solo, and says, "In such a small boat? Tonto!" (Fool) The rest of the journey is fraught with danger, starting from when the Napoleon Solo capsizes and sinks, forcing Callahan to abandon ship in a

This book looked very interesting to me when it was offered by Kindle at a price one third the cost of any paper back book on the magazine stand. This book of survival was akin to the book "Up In Thin Air" and "The Perfect Storm". It can be a very fast read but I choose to read it and then deliberate on the experiences of Steve Callahan, in this well written true story (memoir). I am not sure if the uninitiated experiencing this situation would have survived the ordeal. Callahan was very

I know this man survived a harrowing ordeal that honestly so many others wouldn't or couldn't, and that's impressive. And I know that he put serious effort into the descriptions complete with diagrams, etc., for those of us who are not familiar with sailing, and that he isn't a writer by trade. But I didn't really get into this book until like day 50 something and then only for a day or two. In the beginning I was bored to be frank as I knew he was going to be rescued, obviously, and I just

10 Stars If anyone was going to get shipwrecked and survive alone on the Atlantic it was Steve Callahan. He was a delivery skipper sailing boats from one place to another and he very much wanted to do a single-handed across the Atlantic. He had studied books on surviving at sea, he'd bought all the correct gear, practised the manoeuvres necessary to get off a sinking boat as fast as possible and within hours of setting off from the Canaries, his boat sank.There is nothing I can write further

Should be required reading for anyone going out to sea in any type vessel. This book being a true account it moves along at the pace it simply must, and the adventure within takes us to the very limits of human survival.