capnsensible
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Would you have their courage? I'm asking myself that...
Shipwrecked adventurers ate sharks to survive 118 days in the Pacific
Shipwrecked adventurers ate sharks to survive 118 days in the Pacific
An amazing story.
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Wansworth
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Isn’t that the same class of yacht as Tranonas?
38mess
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I listened to a podcast last night about some shipwrecked family in BBC sounds. I fell asleep halfway through and Mrs 38 walking past me caught the part where they ate the dead
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Just had another look at the story and it's fictional.
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Buck Turgidson
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It's not courage. At that stage it's just determination. You will never know until you are there. Even those with "survival training" will never know until it's real.
Mark-1
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I read the book some years back, v good. Loved it that they set off from Moody's Yard in the Hamble. Kind of surreal that an adventure of that scale would start there. (Although a vast number of global sailing adventures must start from there.)
Steven Callahan's book was also a good read.
Unfortunately I don't have any of their resourcefulness, knowledge, ingenuity or strength of character. Mind you, I *would* have an EPIRB or two so I'd be fine.
(Not sure why why a 50yo story would be worth printing in today's edition of the Mail.)
Frogmogman
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In my year off between school and Uni I flew out to Florida in Feb 1981 to join an Ocean 71 for a delivery trip from Fort Lauderdale to Kos.
My cousin thoughtfully gave me a copy of the Baileys’ book “117 days adrift” to read on the plane…
…and then the in-flight movie was “Raise the Titanic”.
My cousin thoughtfully gave me a copy of the Baileys’ book “117 days adrift” to read on the plane
……and then the in-flight movie was “Raise the Titanic”.
Dunx
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Just finished reading the book, worth it if you can find a copy.
