Tammy Oldham File

: Despite a severe head wound and broken ribs, Tami rigged a makeshift sail and used a sextant and a wristwatch to navigate 1,500 miles toward Hawaii.

: The boat was pitchpoled (rolled end-over-end) by a massive wave. Tami was thrown against a cabin wall and knocked unconscious for approximately 27 hours. tammy oldham

Tami Oldham Ashcraft (often searched as Tammy Oldham) is best known for her miraculous adrift in the Pacific Ocean in 1983. Her story, a profound testament to resilience and the human spirit, was the inspiration for the 2018 major motion picture Adrift . The Ordeal at Sea : Despite a severe head wound and broken

In September 1983, 23-year-old Tami and her fiancé, Richard Sharp, were delivering the luxury yacht Hazaña from Tahiti to San Diego. Twenty days into their voyage, they were intercepted by , a monstrous Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds and 40-foot waves. Tami Oldham Ashcraft (often searched as Tammy Oldham)

Tami's story is not just one of survival, but of grappling with immense grief while in a life-or-death situation.

: She survived for 41 days on limited canned food and rainwater until a Japanese fishing vessel spotted her "limping" vessel near Hilo, Hawaii. Legacy and Media

: When she awoke, her fiancé Richard was gone—swept overboard—and the boat’s mast, radio, and navigation systems were destroyed.