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A Storm Too Soon written by Michael J. Tougias performed by Charlie Thurston on MP3 CD (Unabridged)

A Storm Too Soon written by Michael J. Tougias performed by Charlie Thurston on MP3 CD (Unabridged)£19.99

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller. Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, adual...

Rescue of The Bounty - Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy written by Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell performed by Tom Weiner on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781481523202
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Sport - Sailing
Duration:  450 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell
Narrator 1:  Tom Weiner
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An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. The harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty the tall ship...

used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida.

Walbridge was well aware that a hurricane was forecast to travel north from the Caribbean toward the eastern seaboard. Yet the captain was determined to sail. As he explained to his crew of fifteen: a ship is always safer at sea than in port. He intended to sail around the hurricane and told the crew that anyone who did not want to come on the voyage could leave the ship there would be no hard feelings.

As fate would have it, no one took the captain up on his offer. Four days into the voyage, Superstorm Sandy made an almost direct hit on Bounty. The vessel s failing pumps could not keep up with the incoming water. The ship began to lose power as it was beaten and rocked by hurricane winds that spanned eight hundred miles.

A few hours later, in the dark of night, the ship suddenly overturned ninety miles off the North Carolina coast in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, sending the crew tumbling into an ocean filled with towering thirty-foot waves.

The coast guard then launched one of the most complex and massive rescues in its history, flying two Jayhawk helicopter crews into the hurricane and lowering rescue swimmers into the raging seas again and again, despite the danger to their own lives. In the uproar heard across American media in the days following, a single question persisted: Why did the captain decide to sail?

Through hundreds of hours of interviews with the crew members, their families, and the coast guard, the masterful duo of Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell creates an in-depth portrait of the enigmatic Captain Walbridge, his motivations, and what truly occurred aboard Bounty during those terrifying days at sea. Dripping with suspense and vivid high-stakes drama, Rescue of the Bounty is an unforgettable tale about the brutality of nature and the human will to survive."

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