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“It just captured my imagination.I could just put myself onboard.I thought, ‘Oh man, I could do that.’ ”Steven Callahan,who was inspired by Robert Manry’s trans-Atlantic voyage

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF STEVEN CALLAHAN

In late 1980, friends of Steven Callahan took his sailboat,Napoleon Solo, for a shakedown cruise in Marblehead, Mass.,harbor while Callahan shot photographs. Inspired by Clevelandtrans-Atlantic sailor Robert Manry, Callahan left the followingspring for England. During a subsequent voyage, Napoleon Solosank and Callahan was adrift in a life raft for 76 days.

Cleveland sailor inspiredsurvival at sea, its lessons

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Solo trip ended adrift in a life raft for 76 daysIN SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Thecost of Robert Manry’s dream.

Molly Kavanaugh

Plain Dealer Reporter

An exhausted Steven Callahancrouched in the damp 51⁄2-footround life raft that had been hishome for 37 days and wonderedhow much longer he could sur-vive in the middle of the Atlantic.

He could not have imaginedthe truth: He was only halfwaythrough his odyssey.

Callahan scraped rust frompeanut and coffee cans, which hehad salvaged from his sinking21-foot sailboat, and added theflecks to the dwindling supply ofdrinking water. He hoped thiswould add iron to his weakenedbody.

Then he crawled to the en-trance of the canopied rubberraft to await another dorado, thefish that had kept him alive thislong. On the third try, Callahanwas able to ram a spear throughthe fish’s back.

The bloody meal that followedwas certainly not what the30-year-old sailor had imaginedlife at sea would be liked, a lifehe first learned from RobertManry.

Forty years ago this week,Plain Dealer copy editor Manryreached Falmouth, England, in a131⁄2-foot sailboat. Manry wroteabout his 3,200-mile trans-Atlan-tic voyage in a book named afterhis boat, “Tinkerbelle.”

Callahan was only 13 years oldat the time of Manry’s trip. Soonafter he began sailing, Callahanborrowed the book from the pub-lic library . . . and was sweptaway.

“It just captured my imagina-tion. I could just put myself on-board. I thought, ‘Oh man, Icould do that,’ ” the 53-year-oldCallahan said by phone lastweek.

Callahan now lives in Maine,where he writes about and de-signs boats. He also is editor-at-large of Cruising World maga-zine.

Unlike with other boyhooddreamers, Callahan’s drive to sailoffshore grew deeper. By 1977,he was designing and buildingboats and had ventured as far asBermuda.

“All along, Manry and Tinker-belle lurked in the back of mymind and served as an inspira-tion, a way to pull everything to-gether and give my life a focus,”Callahan wrote in “Adrift,” abook about his aborted 1982 sail-ing voyage.

Callahan’s first trans-Atlanticvoyage went smoothly. AboardNapoleon Solo, the 21-foot sail-boat he built, Callahan sailed toEngland with a friend. The cross-ing was exhilarating and enjoya-ble, not at all like the solo tripthat was to follow.

Six days after departing the Ca-nary Islands, Callahan was downbelow resting as the night seasroared. There was a loud bang,and Callahan jumped up to a tor-rent of water. The boat had beenhit by something large, probablya whale. He had just minutes tolaunch his raft.

Callahan would spend 76 daysdrifting in the life raft he dubbedRubber Ducky III, two days shyof Manry’s total time aboard Tin-kerbelle.

He fought off sharks and de-spair, relying on much of what heread in “Sea Survival,” the onebook he was able to save fromthe sinking ship. He collectedrainwater and used a solar still todistill seawater, but keeping thestill functioning was a constantworry.

A handful of ships passed, butno one saw Rubber Ducky.

On Day 43, a dorado got loosein the raft and rammed the bro-ken spear into the tube, leaving agaping hole in the raft. Callahanpatched and repatched the leakfor days, struggling to overcomethe constant sogginess and fear.

The fish, which kept him alive,now had almost killed him. “Inthe end, they brought me salva-tion,” Callahan said.

Three fishermen saw frigatesflying off in the distance, knewthe birds’ presence meant fishwere nearby and motored in thatdirection. They did not see Calla-han’s raft, which had attractedthe fish because of its barnacles,until they got close.

He had drifted 1,800 miles, tothe Caribbean islands.

Callahan still seeks adventureon the sea, recently returningfrom Australia, where he lived ona 40-foot boat with his wife,Kathy Massimini. He has de-signed “The Clam,” a life raftwith a sail and paddle, and mayresume production because of somuch interest from boaters.

But his writing keeps himbusy. His latest project is a bookabout survival in its many forms,from shipwrecks to substanceabuse.

He also speaks to groups abouthis survival at sea and the lessonsit taught him. And Callahan tellsthe audience about Manry, “justa regular guy” who followed hisheart.

“It’s not about the destination,it’s about the journey,” he said.“Adventure is available to any-one.”

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:mkavanaugh@plaind.com,1-800-767-2821

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