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Coming to theaters June 1, the movie Adrift is based on a terrifying real-life story of survival. When I realised he wasn’t there, I wanted to die. I grab it, yank the lid off, scoop out a mouthful. STX/Tami Oldham Ashcraft. She is a 100-ton licensed captain who has logged more than 50,000 offshore miles, and lives with her husband and family in Friday Harbor, Washington. ‘Fight for your life.’. When she awoke about three hours later she said she was feverish and had bruises and blood on her body. The film - of which 90% was filmed in open water - is based on the true story of Tami Oldham, played by Woodley. They believe this will be a side trip on their cruise around the South Pacific and New Zealand. Tami shouted his name over and over again, but found only empty ocean. Tami found the boat’s tinned rations among the wreckage and calculated that she could make them last up 40 days before starvation would set in. Sharp is officially listed as missing at sea by the Coast Guard. At dawn she spotted the Japanese vessel Hokusei Maru, which was in the area conducting squid research, and fired flares. Nach ihrem Schulabschluss jobbt die junge US-Surferin Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) auf Tahiti und verliebt sich in den erfahrenen britischen Segler Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin). Moments later she heard him scream ‘Oh my God!’ and her world was thrust into darkness. Ms. Oldham and Sharp left Tahiti aboard the vessel Sept. 22. Join Facebook to connect with Tami Oldham Ashcraft and others you may know. A heart-wrenching memoir of the incredible and courageous 41-day voyage that … Soccer ball floats from Ireland to Wales, owner identified. 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Ms. Oldham was rescued in seas just off the island of Hawaii Sunday. British garden stores facing gnome shortage. Yet even the big-screen treatment could hardly be more dramatic than the true 1,500-mile solo epic that Tami describes in Red Sky In Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss And Survival At Sea, which will be re-published next month as Adrift. A second important victory. April 16 (UPI) -- A Virginia family said taking the scenic road home from their vacation led them to the store where they bought a lottery ticket and won a $777,777 jackpot. April 16 (UPI) -- A British Columbia singer broke a Guinness World Record when she managed to sing a C1 note -- the lowest C note on a standard piano -- and captured the title of lowest vocal note by a female. It was time to contemplate her loss, yet Tami’s inner spirit once again counselled her to take courage. Unfortunately, this decision set them on course for the most catastrophic event imaginable. Tami returned to the US and was reunited with her family, finding herself among other people once again reignited the grief she had buried in order to survive. The comments below have not been moderated. Man in teddy bear costume walking from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Tami believes she suffered from severe traumatic shock, and regrets the lack of treatment or counselling. Her serious head injuries meant that it was six years before she was capable of reading a book once again, let alone writing one and it was only after marriage and her first child, that she finally felt able to tell her story. 'I thought I was going to die and a couple of times I thought I was going to kill myself, but I didn't know how to kill myself.'. The two play young lovers and expert sailors Richard Sharp and Tami Oldham Ashcraft embarking on a journey from Tahiti to San Diego. In September, 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiance, Richard Sharp, were hired to take a 44-foot yacht on a 4,000-mile journey from Tahiti to San Diego.About halfway through their cross-Pacific journey, they ran into Hurricane Raymond, a tropical storm which had been building in … Tami Oldham Ashcraft is on Facebook. I just really had a hard time,’ she recalled. I just put it on the back burner. After sailing together for six months, the pair took a job delivering a 44-foot yacht from Tahiti to San Diego. In 1983, Ashcraft's then-fiancé, 34-year-old British sailor Richard Sharp, was hired to ferry the 13-metre yacht Hazaña from Tahiti to San Diego.The then 23-year-old Ashcraft accompanied him on the crossing. In Adrift, Woodley portrays Tami Oldham, a sailor who accompanies her fiancé Richard Sharp on a sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego. Tami had no electronic navigation, just an old-fashioned sextant, some waterlogged charts and the sun and the stars as she made for the safety of distant Hawaii. The woman, Tami Lee Oldham, 23, of Point Loma, Calif., was left on her own when Hurricane Raymond battered the 43-foot sailing vessel Hazana … … I grieved for so long, and I just wanted to erase it from my mind and move on. I scream and rage at the vast sea that’s torn my man from me… I slip in and out of consciousness, delirious, half-dead.’. 'I prayed to God a lot.'. Few others would have survived the extraordinary voyage, it said. At 34, Richard was more than a decade older than his young American lover, but with his his lapis lazuli eyes, golden hair and ‘exotic’ English accent, he meant everything to her. At just 45 square feet, it was small – but it was enough. ‘I held so much of this in for so long. A jar of peanut butter. She should feel joy and pride before finally concluding: ‘I will always be with you’. Richard’s safety line dangled ominously off the boat. Stay the course, it said. But soon, the seemingly idyllic love story takes a grim turn. For it was shortly afterwards, on Day 40, that Hilo Harbour on Hawaii – and salvation – came into view. Sharp's safety line was still hooked to the boat but his harness had snapped, she said. Tami Oldham Ashcraft speaks frequently about her experiences and continues to be an avid sailor. It wasn’t as intense as when I got to shore and the survival was over, and I could see people together and everything kept reminding me of him. She loaded her rifle and put the muzzle her mouth, but the thought of never seeing her little brother grow up made her think again. Scrambling out onto the deck she looked desperately for Richard but found only wreckage. True, the distance involved in this new mission was vast, yet the pair had few concerns, as Tami later recalled in a series of moving interviews: ‘I’d been sailing blue water for four years. Le récit de survie de Tami Ashcraft. I was never going to fall in love again. Adrift story begins on September 23, 1983. Though the trip was over 4,000 miles, and longer than they had ever gone at one time, the couple felt confident in their … Sometimes, the voice yelled at her so loudly she jumped. Then I see it, floating in front of me. You can listen below to the interview. A disastrous reality was less than two weeks away, in the shape of tropical storm Raymond, which ‘tore out of the blue’, hit hurricane force then held its peak intensity for two catastrophic days. Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and her fiancé Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) set out on what promised to be the romantic sea adventure of a lifetime in 1983. In September 1983, 23-year-old Tami Oldham Ashcraft's future seemed as idyllic as the South Pacific islands she and her fiance, Richard Sharp, … April 16 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Texas rescued a kitten found with its head stuck through a lug hole in a discarded vehicle wheel. In September 1983, 23-year-old American sailor Tami Oldham Ashcraft set to sea for a 31-day crossing from Tahiti to San Diego, California. Although Tami was still struggling with the head injury, she managed to attach the sail to a broken pole and raise it. ‘I’m fairly headstrong, and thought “Oh, I can get through this on my own.” Now looking back, at times I really needed some professional help.’ Writing Red Sky In Mourning, the memoir which formed the basis for the film, was a part of her recovery. Adrift takes its inspiration from Tami Oldham Ashcraft’s story. Published: 17:01 EDT, 5 May 2018 | Updated: 17:47 EDT, 9 June 2018. The Cromptons were tired of cruising, she said, and wanted to get the boat to California to sell it. She said the boat rolled completely at least once as the hurricane swept by and she was knocked unconscious. 23-year-old Tami Oldham and her British fiancé, Richard Sharp (34), had been pleasure sailing his 36-foot sailboat, the Mayaluga, for the previous six months. But … They made the decision to accept a job delivering a 44-foot … HILO, Hawaii -- A woman who spent 41 days alone in a boat damaged by a Pacific hurricane said she 'cried a lot' during the ordeal and considered suicide but 'didn't know how.'. That voice, she says, brought her back from the brink, helping her navigate with just a sextant and the stars above her head. Also, now electronics are so much better and waterproof.” But she did emphasize that her sextant was what saved her life. Twice, too, a plane flew overhead, but again she was not spotted. Snatched by the boiling cauldron of the ocean, whipped to a frenzy by the hurricane. Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her British fiance, Richard Sharp had planned to sail from Tahiti to California on board the 44ft yacht Hazana when it was hit by a Hurricane Raymond in September 1983. Sie sind jung und verliebt und auf dem Weg in ein romantisches Abenteuer – aber für Tami (Shailene Woodley) und Richard (Sam Claflin) endet der Segeltrip von Tahiti nach Kalifornien in einer lebensbedrohenden Katastrophe: Im September 1983 brechen Tami Oldham (direkt zum Exklusiv-Interview mit float) und ihr Verlobter Richard Sharp von Tahiti aus auf, um im Auftrag von Bekannten … ‘There were times I didn’t even want to live any more because I didn’t know how I was going to go on. In 1983, she was happier than ever, sailing with her fiancé Richard Sharp. Family's scenic route home from vacation leads to $777,777 lottery prize. Nearly 35 years after being lost at sea, Tami Oldham Ashcraft's life story is in theaters. And so the days went by with the voice as her only companion on the lonely waters. And it was then that the miracle took place: a voice in her head demanded she bail out the boat to prevent it from sinking. Together we had 50,000 miles of ocean-sailing under our belts. In 1983, the real Tami and Richard did agree to sail from Tahiti to San Diego, and they were caught in Hurricane Raymond's path. Ms. Oldham said rigged up a makeshift sail, used a sextant to navigate by the stars and gauged the distance she traveled each day with a digital watch.