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Diary of Maralyn Bailey on the liferaft

November 3, 2019 Castaway Books by Alvaro Cerezo

Maralyn kept a diary day by day. Her notes became a faithful record of their adventures. Last time I was in England and visit Maurice, I asked him to bring the diary to our meeting as he was still keeping it at home, and fortunately I could take photos of each page which also helped me a lot…

Getting to know Bill Butler Salazar

November 2, 2017 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In 1989, the Cuban-American Bill Butler Salazar decided to circumnavigate the world with his French wife Simonne.
Instead they ended up adrift in a two meter leaky plastic liferaft when whales battered and sank their 12 meter sailboat.

Meeting Steven Callahan

November 2, 2017 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In 2016 I had the chance to visit Steven Callahan at his home in Maine (USA) and get to know more about his SOLO castaway experience at sea. He survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft.

How to catch & eat a monitor lizard?

March 31, 2016 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

In this article I will try to explain how to catch a monitor lizard on a desert island letting us change our diet should we find ourselves abandoned a long time….

I’m dying of thirst. Can I start drinking seawater?

May 29, 2012 Castaway Survival by Alvaro Cerezo

Before, when I saw a castaway having a bad time, literally dying for a drink but surrounded by seawater, the message in films was always ‘whatever happens, never drink seawater….