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