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Steven Callahan: Adrift at Sea (High Interest Books: Survivor)
Steven Callahan Adrift at Sea - High Interest Books: Survivor Author:Steven Callahan, Holly Cefrey Every so often people encounter incredible situations that only the most courageous individuals can triumph over. The books in this series celebrate the human spirit and provide the true stories of people who faced impossible conditions and survived. — Introduces the sailing enthusiast and boat designer, Steven Callahan, who struggled to survive ... more »after his small sailboat, the "Napoleon Solo," sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Steven is shipwrecked from his boat and survives for 76 days on a small life raft at sea. In 1982, Callahan set sail in a sloop, participating in a race from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. After six days the sloop sank and for the next two and a half months he had to live off fish he caught and water he distilled and had to fight off sharks. When he damaged one of the rubber rings of the raft, he had to improvise a repair with a piece of foam, a fork handle, and lengths of rope. His experience was used to redesign life rafts.