Mourning her fiance and weak from her own blood loss, she was catatonic for two days. She was on a verge of a mental breakdown - the body can endure far more than the mind. She had no time to grieve, intent and focused on her survival and getting home.Īshcraft sailed the wreck to land using the sextant, her hair matted with salt water and only her own thoughts to keep her going. In a 2003 interview with Chicago Tribune, Ashcraft explained how she survived on peanut butter and canned food - from fruit cocktail to sardines - for 41 days after the hurricane hit. To this day, she wears a triangular-shaped sextant, encrusted with a diamond, as a pendant as “it reminds of how got home.” Left with only a sextant, a navigational instrument, and a watch to help her navigate the 1,500 miles to Hilo, Hawaii she suffered not just from hunger but also a head injury and a severely damaged boat. Mental breakdown and the "inner voice"Īshcraft rigged a makeshift sail from a broken pole and fashioned a pump to keep the cabin from flooding. What happened in the next 41 days was equally inspirational and heartbreaking. In real life everything was broken, smashed and scattered, the cabin was half-full of water, the masts were broken clear off and the sails were waterlogged and floated useless nearby.Īshcraft investigated further and found the navigation system, and the emergency position-indicating radio device, were broken.Īlone, scared and injured, she didn’t have time to grieve.
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While he’s unable to help his fiancé navigate their way home, he does remain by her side.Īs the movie isn’t out yet it’s unclear whether Sharp is actually there or a figment of Ashcraft’s imagination. When Ashcraft wakes up in the movie she finds Sharp injured but still alive and in the water. This isn’t the same as the Adrift trailer. I was never going to fall in love again.” “There were times I didn't even want to live anymore because I didn't know how I was going to go on. “Definitely the hardest part was dealing with Richard being gone,” she said years later to the Chicago Tribune. She was left alone, scared and grappling with her heartbreak and loss. The key difference between the movie and real lifeĪshcraft believes the wind and waves were too powerful for her fiancé, yanking him from the tether and sweeping him overboard. Then Hurricane Raymond changed direction, stalking them like prey. While they desperately battled against the category four hurricane, it showed no signs of abating. They battled 40 foot waves and 140 knot winds as they tried to run north of Hurricane Raymond.
What at first seemed like a good business decision for a couple as much in love with sailing as they were with each other soon became a nightmare.Ģ3-year-old Tami, played by Shailene Woodley in the film, was left alone after one of the worst hurricanes in history hit three weeks into their trip and took her fiancé from her.Īmbushed by the weather, a late-season storm, the yacht “pitchpoled” and “flipped end over end.”Īlong with her fiancé Sharp, played by Sam Claflin, Ashcraft fought to keep the yacht from sinking. They had decided to take a break from pleasure sailing in Sharp’s 36-foot sailboat and instead take a job delivering a 44-foot yacht from Tahiti to San Diego. She and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, had been sailing for the past six months. In September 1983, the future seemed bright for Tami Oldham Ashcraft.
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