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Feb 22, 2025
Linda Martin
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it was amazing
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Oh my goodness, what an amazing story! A man was confined to his boss' fishing boat for 438 days! Over one year in a small boat! What a misery! What a story for him to tell his grandchildren!
This man survived because he was well-acquainted with the life of a fisherman, and was willing to keep going even through a lot of trauma and distress. He was just floating, having lost his oars in a storm, plus the boat's motor failed. He floated almost all the way across the ocean from Mexico to a remote P ...more
This man survived because he was well-acquainted with the life of a fisherman, and was willing to keep going even through a lot of trauma and distress. He was just floating, having lost his oars in a storm, plus the boat's motor failed. He floated almost all the way across the ocean from Mexico to a remote P ...more
Wow this one is a wild ride
Wow, this is the harrowing and true story of a man lost at sea for 14 months! He was in a small fishing boat in Mexico in a storm when his motor and radio broke. Search and rescue was unable to find him in the squall and yet he managed to survive in ways very few could.
I found this story not as inspiring as some of the other survival books I have read, like Unbroken, but it is still remarkable and well-written. 4.5 stars!
I found this story not as inspiring as some of the other survival books I have read, like Unbroken, but it is still remarkable and well-written. 4.5 stars!
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