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The True Story Of “Adrift” And Tami Oldham Ashcraft’s Survival At Sea In October 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, began a 4,000-mile sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego. Three weeks into the journey, they were hit by a category 4 hurricane that capsized their ship and knocked Ashcraft unconscious.⁠ Some 27 hours later, she awoke to find that her fiance was gone and she was stranded alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only a sextant and watch, Ashcraft journeyed for 41 days until she found the coast of Hawaii. See the photos and go inside this fascinating true survival story —  The last thing Tami Oldham Ashcraft remembered before being knocked unconscious was hearing her fiancé scream. When she awoke 27 hours later, she was in the cabin of their 44-foot yacht, laying in several feet of water, surrounded by debris. Her fiancé was gone and her boat was badly damaged, the result of an unexpected category-four hurricane. For the next 41 days, Tami Oldh