Five Against the Sea

It was January 19, 1988. The waters were calm and the skies cloudless as five fishermen set off on a week-long trip off the Costa Rican coast. Five days later, their twenty-nine-foot wooden craft was foundering against thirty-foot waves as a dreaded north wind -- El Norte -- struck with full force. Set adrift in a badly leaking vessel, they faced the perils of more storms, shark attacks, near-madness, a mutiny, and bouts of starvation and thirst. Continuously bailing, the five men endured a record 142 days lost at sea -- until they were rescued 4,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean.

Author: Ron Arias
Publisher: Bristol Fashion Publications
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.04w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9781892216410
ISBN10: 1892216418
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- Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding | General
- History | General