It was time to contemplate her loss, yet Tami’s inner spirit once again counselled her to take courage. When the couple encounters 1983's formidable Hurricane Raymond, the force of the storm damages the ship and severely injures Richard. She was with her British fiancé Richard Sharp, and delivering luxury yacht, Hazana . Photo: North West Gem Productions. Le 12 octobre 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft et son fiancé, Richard Sharp, se sont retrouvés sur la trajectoire de l’ouragan Raymond alors qu’ils naviguaient sur un yacht de 13 mètres à travers l’océan Pacifique. In researching Tami Oldham and the Adrift true story, we discovered that the real-life events depicted in the 2018 movie spanned the months of September, October and November 1983. STX/Tami Oldham Ashcraft. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Tami Oldham Ashcraft is on Facebook. A second important victory. In 1983, a woman named Tami Oldham attempted to sail from Tahiti to San Diego — more than 4,000 miles — with her fiancé, Richard Sharp. April 15 (UPI) -- A diver taking a swim in a California river found a gold wedding band and was able to track down the man who lost it. Grief was, for now, pushed aside. Tossed like a cork on the raging ocean, the yacht had flipped end over end. 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 … It was the last time she would hear the voice that had truly saved her life. But … Twice – on day 16 and then day 34 – she came within moments of rescue when a ship appeared on the horizon, but they failed to see her distress flares or the red T-shirt that she waved desperately at the end of an oar. Stay the course, it said. At dawn she spotted the Japanese vessel Hokusei Maru, which was in the area conducting squid research, and fired flares. April 16 (UPI) -- A Welsh family found a soccer ball washed up on the beach near their home and used Facebook to find the owner, who lost the ball in Ireland. Coming to theaters June 1, the movie Adrift is based on a terrifying real-life story of survival. In her absolute solitude Tami pondered whether she was already dead; that she had become impossible to see, and the thought drove her close to ending her life. The two play young lovers and expert sailors Richard Sharp and Tami Oldham Ashcraft embarking on a journey from Tahiti to San Diego. It helped me to focus, to keep myself on track.’. Moments later she heard him scream ‘Oh my God!’ and her world was thrust into darkness. On a 4,000-mile sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiancé got caught in a category-four hurricane. Nineteen days later they encountered the 120-mph winds of Raymond about 1,600 miles southeast of Hawaii. Die damals 23-jährige Oldham Ashcraft begleitete ihn auf der Überfahrt. I just really had a hard time,’ she recalled. Tami believes she suffered from severe traumatic shock, and regrets the lack of treatment or counselling. April 16 (UPI) -- Garden stores in Britain are facing a garden gnome shortage, and industry experts said the recent blockage of the Suez canal is partially to blame. But soon, the seemingly idyllic love story takes a grim turn. Ms. Oldham and Sharp left Tahiti aboard the vessel Sept. 22. But when … ‘Fight for your life.’. The boat was all-but destroyed: masts were broken off and the waterlogged sails floated uselessly in the water. Bird drops fish onto truck's windshield in North Carolina. In 1983, she was happier than ever, sailing with her fiancé Richard Sharp. Facebook gives people the power to share … I need food, I must get my brain and body functioning.’. British Columbia singer breaks record for lowest note by a female. She said she was with her fiance, Richard Sharp, 34, of Cornwell, England, in Papeete, Tahiti, when Peter and Christine Crompton of Southhampton, England, asked them to sail the Hazana to San Diego, Calif. Adrift (2018) is indeed based on a true story. Join Facebook to connect with Tami Oldham Ashcraft and others you may know. Diver finds gold ring in California river, tracks down owner. For more than 40 days, with her boat crippled, equipment smashed and heart broken, 23-year-old Tami somehow endured the elements threatening to annihilate her and then conquered them – and she did so thanks to the guiding spirit of her dead fiancé, whose insistent voice, day by day, had urged her on to a seemingly impossible survival. Warning: The following post contains spoilers for the movie Adrift, and the real-life story on which it is based. Based on the true story of Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp, the movie recounts how the couple sailed directly into the powerful Hurricane Raymond on a trip from Tahiti to San Diego in 1983. It sticks to my tongue like a slug to concrete. A jar of peanut butter. Tami Oldham Ashcraft, left, was sailing with her fiance Richard Sharp when he was washed overboard during a storm featuring 140-knot winds and 40ft waves. It was nightfall and a perilous coral reef stood between her safety so, unable to risk going in until daylight, she endured one more agonising night before dawn broke and a rescue vessel sailed out from port to guide her home. 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. The 26-year-old star confessed in a recent interview with The Times that for her role as real-life sailor, Tami Oldham Ashcraft, Woodley lived off a … Family's scenic route home from vacation leads to $777,777 lottery prize. Dog rescues smaller dog from owner's backyard pool. Recovery was long and emotionally traumatic. On October 12, 1983, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, found themselves in the path of Hurricane Raymond as they sailed a 44-foot yacht across the Pacific Ocean. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, PICTURED: Three victims of FedEx gunman, 19, who had been fired and interviewed last YEAR by FBI before he shot dead eight people - as his mom says 'she feared he wanted suicide-by-cop', 'Who needs a gun that fires 100 rounds? Sharp is officially listed as missing at sea by the Coast Guard. At other times she heard her mother or father, or her own voice. He was born on February 20, 1960, in San Diego, California, USA. 'I prayed to God a lot.'. And the task seemed as simple as it was pleasurable: sail the Hazana to her winter berth in San Diego on behalf of the well-heeled owners. The original was shredded and the mast broken, but there was a heavy-duty sail still rolled up in its cover. She strapped herself under a table while Sharp stayed on deck hooked to the boat with a safety line. April 16 (UPI) -- A truck driver's dashboard camera captured an unusual event on a North Carolina highway when a bird passing by overhead dropped a fish onto the vehicle's windshield. When she awoke about three hours later she said she was feverish and had bruises and blood on her body. Then she turned her attention to creating a sail. 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. Adrift story begins on September 23, 1983. Adrift, a drama adventure movie about sailing the high seas. I grab it, yank the lid off, scoop out a mouthful. April 16 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Texas rescued a kitten found with its head stuck through a lug hole in a discarded vehicle wheel. Though the trip was over 4,000 miles, and longer than they had ever gone at one time, the couple felt confident in their … It took three hairdressers two days to untangle her matted long blonde hair – which she was determined to keep long. Tami Oldham Ashcraft speaks frequently about her experiences and continues to be an avid sailor. In September 1983, the future looked bright and beaming for Tami Oldham Ashcraft, a 23-year-old American girl. And one moment perhaps more than any other helps her through: ‘As dawn breaks and the rescue ship is steaming towards me, I know my incredible journey against all the odds had surely taught me one thing. ‘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. Copyright © 2021 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. She also found some beer and – incongruously – Cuban cigars, which became her nightly treats. ‘While I was in the survival mode, the grief was fairly low. 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. Spoilers for the movie to follow. $200,000 winning scratch-off lottery ticket went unscratched for two weeks. “In 1983, we could only get the weather every three hours. 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 … The film - of which 90% was filmed in open water - is based on the true story of Tami Oldham, played by Woodley. Overwhelmed with grief and shock, Tami was initially paralysed, unable to comprehend the truth. Although Tami was still struggling with the head injury, she managed to attach the sail to a broken pole and raise it. Tami Oldham Ashcraft (* 1960) ist eine US-amerikanische Seglerin und Autorin.. Schiffbruch 1983. Taking a 44ft luxury yacht from Tahiti to California, a voyage of some 4,000 miles across the glistening waters of the Pacific, was the chance of a lifetime for two avid young sailors. In 1983, 23-year-old Tami and her … Darum geht's in "Die Farbe des Horizonts" Oktober 1983. The boat was badly damaged and both masts were broken. 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. Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) leave Tahiti. 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. 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. 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. At just 45 square feet, it was small – but it was enough. ‘I had always wanted to write it. Both are rising stars – Sam appeared in the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ novel Me Before You, while US actress Shailene played a teenage cancer patient in The Fault In Our Stars – and Adrift looks set to be this summer’s cinematic hit. 'Lifetime' Oath Keepers member first to plead guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol attack, Study shows double-masking -- medical mask under cloth -- cuts COVID-19 spread, Pfizer CEO says need for third dose of COVID-19 vaccine 'likely', Elon Musk's SpaceX wins $2.9B contract to build lunar lander. She arrived off the coast of Hawaii at about 1 a.m. HST Sunday but decided to wait until daylight before attempting to enter Hilo Harbor. In Adrift, Woodley portrays Tami Oldham, a sailor who accompanies her fiancé Richard Sharp on a sailing trip from Tahiti to San Diego. Richard was nowhere to be seen. The cabin was half-filled with water, everything inside it smashed or scattered on the floor. Firefighters rescue kitten with head stuck through wheel lug hole. 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.’. Sometimes, the voice yelled at her so loudly she jumped. '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.'. What followed was a story of good fortune, rare courage, and redemption. ‘Even in our darkest hours, even in the wilderness, truly, we are never alone.’. They had already spent a year and a half together on the Pacific, delivering and mending boats. It was 27 hours before she regained consciousness to an eerie silence and utter devastation. It was just as well. 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.'. The Japanese ship towed her boat to the harbor breakwater where Coast Guard officials brought Ms. Oldham to shore. At one point, she was so near Hawaii that she thought she might have overshot the islands, and was beginning to drift towards China – a terrifying possibility. 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. Richard’s safety line dangled ominously off the boat. I just put it on the back burner. 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. The film is an adaptation of the 1998 book Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea written by Tami Oldham Ashcraft herself. FOR loved-up young adventurer Tami Oldham, sailing a yacht across the Pacific with her sexy fiance was meant to be 4,000 miles of sun-kissed bliss. 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. 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, … A heart-wrenching memoir of the incredible and courageous 41-day voyage that … 'I prayed to God a lot even though I wasn't a religious person,' Ms. Oldham said Monday. After sailing together for six months, the pair took a job delivering a 44-foot yacht from Tahiti to San Diego. Tami Lee Oldham Ashcraft (née Oldham) is an American sailor and author who, in 1983, survived 41 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean. ‘I’ve always wanted to write my story, but it took me years to move on from being totally consumed by it,’ she explained. 'The lady has some guts,' a Coast Guard rescuer said. It was Richard who spotted a monster wave approaching the Hazana and ordered Tami below deck while he secured himself with a safety harness and tried to keep the vessel afloat. ‘There were times I didn’t even want to live any more because I didn’t know how I was going to go on. Jun 8, 2018. And so the days went by with the voice as her only companion on the lonely waters. But that survival instinct [while at sea] just kicked in. Also, now electronics are so much better and waterproof.” But she did emphasize that her sextant was what saved her life. She should feel joy and pride before finally concluding: ‘I will always be with you’. Briefly, she contemplated joining her fiancé in the depths of the now calm water. 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In 1983, young lovers Richard Sharp and Tami Oldham Ashcraft were sailing from Tahiti to San Diego when their boat was hit by Hurricane Raymond. Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Sam Claflin) leave Tahiti. I couldn’t believe how much I was still holding around in my head, and just purging it like that really helped me to get past it all. 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. For it was shortly afterwards, on Day 40, that Hilo Harbour on Hawaii – and salvation – came into view. Adrift takes its inspiration from Tami Oldham Ashcraft’s story. Play it now. Twice, too, a plane flew overhead, but again she was not spotted. 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. 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I grieved for so long, and I just wanted to erase it from my mind and move on. The Cromptons were tired of cruising, she said, and wanted to get the boat to California to sell it. ‘I had lost everything, so there was no way I was going to give up my hair,’ she recalled. On the verge of a mental breakdown, catatonic, she failed to move or eat, her life seemingly at an end as she explained movingly in her memoir: ‘I know in a blinding flash he’s gone overboard. 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. Snatched by the boiling cauldron of the ocean, whipped to a frenzy by the hurricane. It urged her to get up, to eat and to make a plan to get to land. 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. April 15 (UPI) -- A life-size teddy bear on a quest to walk the more than 400 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco said his journey has been fraught with obstacles -- including a brief run-in with the law. British garden stores facing gnome shortage. 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. Few others would have survived the extraordinary voyage, it said. Yet the reality for this gilded couple, Tami Oldham Ashcraft and her British fiance, Richard Sharp, could barely have proved more catastrophic – as the course they set put them directly into the path of Hurricane Raymond and one of the most destructive storms in recorded history. 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