The Sinking: one woman's true story of survival at sea

by Deborah Scaling Kiley

THE SINKING is a re-release of Debbie's riveting experience told in UNTAMED SEAS and ALBATROSS. The book was renamed, reformatted, and updated to include pictures of the actual rescue taken by the doctor aboard the Russian freighter that plucked Debbie and Brad out of the sea.One late autumn day in 1982, the fifty-eight-foot yacht, TRASHMAN, set sail on a routine trip from Annapolis to Florida, with Deborah Scaling and four others aboard. When the boat sailed into a seventy-knot gale, it went down quickly, leaving the crew adrift in the Atlantic in a rubber dinghy that was quickly surrounded by sharks. Five harrowing days and nights later, when a Russian freighter finally came to their rescue, only two crew members remained. Powerful, adrenaline-charged, utterly consuming. "THE SINKING" is a brave, unforgettable story that plunges to the depths of the human psyche and surfaces with the strength to survive.

210 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Hilaryball · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to be scared sh__less, read this book. My god, you feel so darned bad for these people!

[Melanie Barbarito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very fast read. Easy to understand how it was the basis for a movie and the first episode of "I Shouldn't Be Alive." Pretty grueling and also painful if one has read the author's other book, "No Victims; Only Survivors." She was a beautiful and strong woman and much loved by those who knew her.

[Judy Provost Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was interesting to learn about the lifestyle of people who "crew" on private and race boats. It's not a very glamorous life...you have to really want to be on e sea. Sad out come and hard to tell if avoidable. Weather and the Sea...deadly.