This passage reflects on the enduring impact of Steve Callahan’s remarkable survival story—his 76 days adrift in a life raft after his sloop Napoleon Solo sank in 1982. The experience, chronicled in his bestselling memoir Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea, has secured its place in maritime and adventure literature since its 1986 release.
Now, the story has taken on new life through a documentary film by emerging filmmaker Joe Wein, who discovered the book by chance and was deeply inspired. The film is currently being shown at boutique theaters and film festivals, highlighting the continued relevance and emotional power of Callahan’s ordeal more than four decades later.
Read more on cruising editor Charles J Doane’s Wavetrain post, here.
