A different book but the same feeling.
This is a book I read a while back,probably in one sitting,its a maganet for any person who sails,and for me I felt it was just about the same boat as 'Brer Terrapin',the Ingrid 38 design by William Atken,that I did my first ocean crossing on,the description on deck and below makes it feel as if I was still on 'Brer Terrapin',note: DO NOT let your wife read this book!
Mitch Gordon, lawyer and yachtsman, awakens 70 miles from Tahiti to find himself alone in his 40-foot ketch. Sometime in the last dark hours his wife Lindy has been swept overboard into the giant Pacific swells. For 36 hours he clings aloft in the tropical sun, tracing and retracing the vessel's course. Lindy, buoyed by a flimsy life-jacket, struggles to survive until he can find her.
In his fiction, Hank Searls has always drawn on personal experience. He is the author of The Big X, The Crowded Sky, Heroship and Lost Prince. He lives with his wife aboard their ketch in the South Pacific.
"Overboard" was broadcast on daytime TV today. It's a fascinating character study of two flawed individuals who are constantly seeking answers and fulfillment in their lives.
Beautifully photographed and tragic in its execution this is one TV movie that has been shamefully overlooked. One of Angie Dickinson's best ever performances - on a par with her turn in "A Sensitive, Passionate Man" - also broadcast on Irish TV last year.
I picked up Overboard at a used book repository and was struck by its wonderful suspense, clever plot and abundance of details about sailing. I searched our book store's database for more by this author and found that all his books were available only as print on demand. Back at Wastewise I found another one, Sounding, a intriguing read, in part about a sperm whale's musings about man.
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