{"product_id":"overboard-a-true-blue-water-odyssey-of-disaster-and-survival-paperback","title":"Overboard!: A True Blue-Water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Tougias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new, heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most thrilling and amazing story yet. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long sailboat named the \u003ci\u003eAlmeisan, \u003c\/i\u003eand 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 sun-drenched Bermuda. The new crew included forty-six-year-old Kathy Gilchrist, seventy-year-old Ron Burd, and thirty-four-year-old Chris Ferrer. Although Tighe had made the trip forty-eight times, with Reidy accompanying him on twenty of those voyages, the rest of the crew had joined to learn more about offshore sailing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour days into the voyage, an enormous storm struck, sweeping two of the crew into the towering sea. The remaining crewmembers managed to stay aboard the vessel as it was slowly torn apart by the rampaging ocean. \u003ci\u003eOverboard! \u003c\/i\u003efollows the simultaneous desperate struggles of both those still on the boat and those fighting for their lives in the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Coast Guard, alerted to the \u003ci\u003eAlmeisan\u003c\/i\u003e's distress, rushed to the storm-tossed scene. Their ensuing search and rescue mission proved so spectacularly difficult and dangerous that it was later selected--from among thousands of incidents--as the Guard's search and rescue case of the year. Highly trained helicopter pilots and rescue swimmers alike found themselves in almost as much trouble as those trapped by the ferocious ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns tragic, thrilling, and deeply inspiring, \u003ci\u003eOverboard! \u003c\/i\u003eis a riveting, fast-paced story of death and survival at sea--amazing, unforgettable, and all true.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Tougias is the author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eRescue of the\u003c\/i\u003e Bounty\u003ci\u003e: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOverboard!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinest Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (with Casey Sherman), the basis of the major motion picture released in 2016; \u003ci\u003eFatal Forecast\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTen Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the \u003c\/i\u003eCan Do. He is a sought-after lecturer who gives more than seventy presentations each year. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.38 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52789730115891,"sku":"9781439145753","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a1Jnalh5M2UrazFTWDZ5elF1ZUZCdz09.webp?v=1764756089","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/overboard-a-true-blue-water-odyssey-of-disaster-and-survival-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}