Survive the Savage Sea

Sheridan House Maritime Classics

Dougal Robertson

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English

Sheridan House
15 August 2020

Biography: general; Boating; Adventure holidays

Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics

In June 1972, the 43-foor 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.

By: Dougal Robertson
Imprint: Sheridan House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781493049387
ISBN 10: 1493049380
Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 August 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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. They now live in France.

Reviews for Survive the Savage Sea: Sheridan House Maritime Classics

...[a] well-written account....an unexpectedly personal view of a man's physical and a woman's emotional courage that, when bonded, produced the strength to survive. * Sailing * For stark excitement, marine natural history, practical lessons, and human love and stresses, few records, if any, of hazard and survival have ever bettered it. * The Instrumentalist * [The Robertsons] survived and their tale is a triumph of human resource and determination against terrible odds. * Cruising World * What a brave man, what an eloquent writer! In case of shipwreck I would send for Dougal Robertson or, in absence of him, reread his book in order to find out what on earth to do next. -- Nicholas Monsarrat