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Dougal Robertson was a Scottish author and sailor who with his family survived being adrift at sea after their schooner was holed by a pod of orcas in 1972. He wrote a book and a manual about his ordeal, and inspired other castaways such as Steven Callahan.
The true adventure story of the Robertson family's fight to survive for 38 days aboard their small dinghy in the Pacific ocean, battling storms, hunger, thirst, danger and death, after their yacht sank in sixty seconds following an attack by killer whales.
Survive the Savage Sea: Directed by Kevin James Dobson. With Robert Urich, Ali MacGraw, Danielle von Zerneck, Mark Ballou. Jack Carpenter and his wife, Claire, realize his life-long dream by selling the family farm and uprooting their four kids to buy the yacht ''Providence''.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Kevin James Dobson
- 1992-01-06
Jan 1, 1973 · Dougal Robertson's yacht sank in seconds after being attacked by orcas in the Pacific Ocean in 1972. Read his book to learn how he and his family fought for survival and escaped the savage sea.
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- Paperback
- Dougal Robertson
Jul 18, 2012 · A family is shipwrecked in the Pacific ocean by a school of killer whales and have to survive in a dinghy for more than a month with hardly any food or drinking water.
Jun 1, 2020 · A true story of a family's survival at sea after their schooner was sunk by killer whales in 1972. Read the book's description, reviews, and excerpts on Amazon.com.
- Dougal Robertson
Dougal Robertson and his family survived 37 days adrift in the Pacific after their schooner Lucette was sunk by killer whales. This book recounts their harrowing experience, their struggles and triumphs, and their rescue by a Japanese fishing boat.
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