Books & DVDs

Callahan, Steven,  Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea,  1976,  The advisor to the movie "Life of
     Pi" Before GPS, cell phones and other safety equipment.  The real amazing true story.

Butler, William,  66 Days Adrift:True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open       
      Sea, 2005.

Paulsen, Gary, Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats,  2007, a true story of learning to  
     sail with no lessons.

Robertson, Dougal,  Sea Survival: A Manual,  1975,  the best guide to put in your bag
    and keep in the life raft.

Robertson, Dougal, Survive the Savage Sea,  1994.

Martel, Yann, Life of Pi,  2002,  a novel, exciting adventure at sea. Also a movie, but the
    book is better.

Ashcroft, Tami Oldham, Red Sky in Mourning, A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea

Movie :  "All is Lost," 2013, Robert Redford, a movie to watch to show you what not to 
     do in an emergency at sea.  This movie was so bad Drew was calling out in the theatre,
     "No one would do that!"

DVD:  "White Squall" with Jeff Bridges, 1994, white knuckle emergency at sea movie.     
    A bad weather squall hits a teaching sailing ship full of students at sea.  Excellent.

DVD: "Captain Ron" classic comedy on an older broken yacht. 

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