Oldham — Tammy

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

: 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's story is not just one of survival, but of grappling with immense grief while in a life-or-death situation. : When she awoke, her fiancé Richard was

: 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 Tami's story is not just one of survival,

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.

: 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.

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