Steven Callahan
Teoksen Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea tekijä
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Steven Callahan is a naval architect who has contributed more than sixty articles to yachting magazines. Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea (1986) is an autobiographical account of the second solo voyage Callahan attempted on the twenty-one-foot yacht he had designed and built, the Napoleon Solo, näytä lisää and his harrowing two-and-a-half-months adrift on a five-foot inflatable raft after the yacht collided with a whale and sank. Callahan was born in Needham, Massachusetts, in 1952 and received his B.A. from Syracuse University in 1974. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Callahan, Steven
- Syntymäaika
- 1952
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- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
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Great true story of surviving in a tiny life raft in the Atlantic. He's almost like McGiver for using things at hand to improve his chances. Makes you appreciate life more. I was relieved when he finally made his goal.
Callahan's description of his time at sea is filled with vivid details and beautifully written. I found the beginning eerie since things are going smoothly and appear calm but you know something is going to happen to his ship.
Adrift is as much a story of man's persistent nature as it is about the sea.
Adrift is as much a story of man's persistent nature as it is about the sea.
I read this book in one layed out afternoon after reading some of the reviews herein.
A fascinating read, and then bought the book on 'Sea Survival' Steven mentions, which probably saved Stevens' life from the knowledge gleaned from it.
The middle of the book somehow wanders (like chunks had been cut out and the continuity was not looked after afterwards), and yet the storyline builds dramatically in the last 1/3 to an almost mystical ending, (and I felt the mystical aspects could be written more fully if this book was ever revised).
This continuity in the middle part (of missing details of what was actually happening to Steven on the physical/ emotional/ mental levels) could have added to the story considerably.
An amazing story, that it is... and in some parts the writing could be better, yet the experience shared, moved me greatly . . .… (lisätietoja)
A fascinating read, and then bought the book on 'Sea Survival' Steven mentions, which probably saved Stevens' life from the knowledge gleaned from it.
The middle of the book somehow wanders (like chunks had been cut out and the continuity was not looked after afterwards), and yet the storyline builds dramatically in the last 1/3 to an almost mystical ending, (and I felt the mystical aspects could be written more fully if this book was ever revised).
This continuity in the middle part (of missing details of what was actually happening to Steven on the physical/ emotional/ mental levels) could have added to the story considerably.
An amazing story, that it is... and in some parts the writing could be better, yet the experience shared, moved me greatly . . .… (lisätietoja)
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Anyway, this one is about a young guy in the 80s who is sailing solo from the Canary Islands to Antigua when something (likely an accidental whale strike) causes his sailboat to sink. He throw what supplies he can into the lifeboat and spends the next 76 days adrift.
It’s terrifying just to consider it for a single day!
Callahan writes beautifully about his time on “rubber ducky iii” and describes well his physical issues but more importantly his mental state and how he feels about what’s happening to him and his relationship to the ocean and the fish he observes alongside his raft. There’s plenty of technical detail too - including diagrams - that I admit I skimmed over in large part.
Not a book for everyone, certainly, but time well spent for me.… (lisätietoja)