Overboard book

Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Michael J. Tougias (Author). From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new, heart-stopping true-life story of maritime catastrophe, his most thrilling and wonderful story yet.

In Might 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-lengthy sailboat named the Almeisan, and his first mate, Loch Reidy, welcomed three new crewmembers for a five-day voyage from Connecticut across the blue waters of the Gulf Stream to solar-drenched Bermuda. The brand new crew included forty-six-year-outdated Kathy Gilchrist, seventy-year-previous Ron Burd, and thirty-4-year-old Chris Ferrer. Though Tighe had made the trip forty-eight occasions, with Reidy accompanying him on twenty of these voyages, the remainder of the crew had joined to study more about offshore sailing.

4 days into the voyage, an enormous storm struck, sweeping two of the crew into the towering sea. The remaining crewmembers managed to remain aboard the vessel as it was slowly torn apart by the rampaging ocean. Overboard! Follows the simultaneous desperate struggles of both these still on the boat and those preventing for his or her lives in the sea.

The Coast Guard, alerted to the Almeisan’s distress, rushed to the storm-tossed scene. Their ensuing search and rescue mission proved so spectacularly tough and dangerous that it was later selected-from amongst hundreds of incidents-because the Guard’s search and rescue case of the year. Extremely trained helicopter pilots and rescue swimmers alike found themselves in nearly as much hassle as those trapped by the ferocious ocean.

By turns tragic, thrilling, and deeply inspiring, Overboard! Is a riveting, quick-paced story of demise and survival at sea-amazing, unforgettable, and all true.

I’ve been acquainted with Loch Reidy and his spouse, Sandy, for a few years through other mates in Connecticut who instructed me concerning the book. Nevertheless, I hadn’t seen them for several years since I now live in New York. Both my husband and I found the story riveting. We still can’t think about how Loch survived – or any of the others on that ship for that matter. I additionally learned so much concerning the Coast Guard rescue groups and think they’re beyond wonderful as are the industrial ships that help them when needed.

Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival

Michael J. Tougias (Author)

224 pages

Scribner; 1 edition (March 16, 2010) 

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