Survive the Savage Sea (Sailing Classics)
...[a] well-written account....an unexpectedly personal view of a man's physical and a woman's emotional courage that, when bonded, produced the strength to survive.(Sailing)For stark excitement, marine natural history, practical lessons, and human love and stresses, few records, if any, of hazard and survival have ever bettered it.(Washington Post Book World)[The Robertsons] survived and their tale is a triumph of human resource and determination against terrible odds.(Cruising World)What a brave man, what an eloquent writer! In case of shipwreck I would send for Dougal Robertson or, in absence of him, reread his book in order to find out what on earth to do next.(Nicholas Monsarrat)