Overboard!: A True Blue-Water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival
In early May of 2005, Captain Tom Tighe and first mate, Loch Reidy, of the sailboat Almeisan welcomed three new crew members, two men and a woman, for a five-day voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda. While Tighe and Reidy had made the journey countless times, the rest of the crew were paying passengers learning about offshore sailing--and looking for adventure. Four days into their voyage, they got adventure but nothing that they had expected or had any training to handle. A massive storm struck, sweeping Tighe and Reidy from the boat. The remaining crew members somehow managed to stay aboard the vessel as it was torn apart by wind and water. Overboard! follows the simultaneous desperate struggles of boat passengers and the captain and first mate fighting for their lives in the sea.
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About the Author:
MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS is the author of Fatal Forecast and Ten Hours until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy aboard the Can Do. A much sought after lecturer, he lives in Franklin, Massachusetts.
From AudioFile:
Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner's urgency never ceases. He keeps the tension so high in this tale of weather on the Atlantic that listeners may need to turn it off occasionally to lower their heart rates. It all starts with five sailors on a recreational sail down the East Coast to Bermuda. The recreation ends when a hurricane catches them 400 miles at sea, in the Gulf Stream. Every possible turn of bad luck strikes the crew as they struggle to survive. Malcolm Hillgartner's booming voice enhances every perception of hyperthermia, dehydration, and panic in the helpless victims of Nature's fury. As repeated attempts at rescue fail, listeners can expect their emotions to rise and fall like the swells destroying the small boat. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherBlackstone Audiobooks
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1441742689
- ISBN 13 9781441742681
- BindingMP3 CD
- Number of pages1
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