Author Steven Callahan was six days into a voyage across the Atlantic when his small sloop was destroyed in heavy storms. The Maine native scrabbled onto an inflatable raft and began a journey covering more than 1,800 miles before he was found seventy-six days later. His account, in Adrift , is as much about the human spirit as it is about survival. Friday, April 21, 2017, is the 35th anniversary of his rescue.