"From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new,
heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most
thrilling and amazing story yet.
"In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long 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 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.
Four 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. "Overboard "follows the simultaneous desperate
struggles of both those still on the boat and those fighting for
their 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 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.
By turns tragic, thrilling, and deeply inspiring, "Overboard "is a
riveting, fast-paced story of death and survival at sea--amazing,
unforgettable, and all true.
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