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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

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It didn’t matter that they often caught more tuna or mahimahi than shark; they still cultivated the association with the ocean’s most notorious predator. This wind tunnel is so notorious and well marked on nautical charts that sailboats often chart a detour hundreds of miles out to sea to avoid the dreaded Gulf winds. Vessels have no option but to turn downwind and brace themselves for a long and frightening ride south and out to sea for 200 to 300 miles, at which point the effects of the Tehuantepec winds begin to fade. He considered suicide on multiple occasions – including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. A “gripping saga,” ( Daily Mail), 438 Days is the first-ever account of one of the most amazing survival stories in modern times.

438 Days by Jonathan Franklin | Waterstones 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin | Waterstones

He had a decade’s experience as a fisherman and hoped to find a boss or patrón willing to give him a shot at fulfilling his lifelong dream of being his own captain on a small fishing boat. Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history—as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.Alvarenga realised their catch – nearly 500kg (1,100lb) of fresh fish – was making the boat top heavy and unstable.

438 DAYS | Kirkus Reviews

Later, I would sit with Alvarenga for many hours, back at his home in El Salvador, as he described in detail the brutal realities of living at sea for more than a year. Much was really interesting and nothing I could envisage, from his captive 'larder' of seabirds, to knowing what organs of fish to eat.

Reggaeton music bleated from a stray cell phone and the men lamented the perpetual shortage of single women. After two months at sea, Alvarenga had become accustomed to capturing and eating birds and turtles, while Córdoba had begun a physical and mental decline. His name was Salvador and he arrived with bloody feet, said he was looking for work—anything to start—but to those who saw the newcomer arrive, he looked like a man on the run.

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