Steven Callahan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven Callahan
Occupation	American Author
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1952(1952-02-06)
Age	72
Birthplace	Needham
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Aquarius

Steven Callahan Biography

Steven Callahan is one of the most popular and richest American author who was born on February 6, 1952 in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. Steven Callahan (born 1952) is an American author inventor, naval architect and sailor. The year was 1981 and he sailed for 76 days in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft. Callahan wrote about his experiences in the most-seller book Adrift: A Day at Sea: 76 Days Sea (1986) that was listed on The New York Times best-seller list for more than 36 weeks.

When making the 2012 film Life of Pi, director Ang Lee asked Callahan to serve as a consultant for living on a life raft. Ang Lee told Callahan, “I want to make the ocean a real character in this movie”. Callahan created lures and other tools that were featured in the film.

Callahan left Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in 1981 aboard the Napoleon Solo, a 6.5-meter (21.3-foot) sailing sloop that which he built and designed himself and sailed it solo to Bermuda and then continued the journey to England together with his friend Chris Latchem. He quit Cornwall in the fall of 1981, heading to Antigua in the Mini Transat 6.50 single-handed sailing race starting from Penzance, England, but was unable to finish the race at La Coruna, Spain. Weather conditions had caused the sinking of many of the boats within the fleet, as well as injured many others, like Napoleon Solo. Callahan repaired the damage and continued to sail along the coastal areas from Spain and Portugal and towards Madeira as well as the Canaries. He left El Hierro in the Canary Islands on the 29th of January 1982, still heading towards Antigua. Amidst a strong wind seven days later his boat was punctured by an unknown object in a night storm and then flooded but it didn’t sink completely due to the compartments that were watertight Callahan created to the vessel. In his book Callahan mentions that he believes that the cause of the damage was an encounter with the whale.

Steven Callahan Net Worth

Steven Callahan is one of the richest American Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven Callahan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Callahan has a degree from a university in Philosophy. A naval architect by trade, Callahan has designed and constructed boats and taught design. He has also was a racer, lived on, and cruised on boats of all types. From the 80s onwards, he’s written extensively for the international yachting press and has been an editor of contributory articles to Sail and Sailor magazines, the editor in chief for Cruising World, has authored Adrift and Capsized which tells the story of four sailors who spent four months drifting in a half- flooded, overturned boat. He has also delivered numerous lectures as well as contributed to host of other books that deal with navigation, design and the survival of a boat.

On the evening of April 20th 1982, he saw lighthouses on the islands of Marie Galante, south east of Guadeloupe. The following day, during Callahan’s 76th day of floating in the raft and was picked up by fishermen near the coast, attracted to him by the birds that swarmed above the raft. They were drawn by the ecosystem which had grown around the raft. In the course of his ordeal it was a battle with attacks from sharks as well as punctures to the raft physical and equipment damage and psychological stress. He had lost about a third his weight and covered by a multitude of sores from saltwater He was admitted to the local hospital for an afternoon treatment, but then left in the evening, and spent the next weeks recuperating on the island, and traveling by boat up to into the West Indies.

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Who is Steven Callahan Dating?

According to our records, Steven Callahan married to Kathy Massimini. As of December 1, 2023, Steven Callahan’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Steven Ranked on the list of most popular American author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steven Callahan celebrates birthday on February 6 of every year.

How did Steve Callahan get lost?

In Cornwall, Callahan participated in a sailing race to Antigua but dropped out in La Coruña, Spain to repair his boat which was damaged and several other boats had sunk from bad weather.

What was Steve Callahan trying to do?

Steven Callahan wanted to escape the misery of his recent divorce with his wife , so he came up with an ambitious idea to tour the world on his personally designed boat that he dubbed ‘Napoleon Solo’. Callahan’s epic journey began from Newport, Rhode Island in 1981 in his small 21.3-foot-long boat.

What did Steve Callahan invent?

LONDON, England — After being lost at sea for two-and-a-half months, Steven Callahan has used his ordeal to design a craft that would help sailors survive similar situations. The clam, he says, is a utility craft that functions better in the water than a conventional life raft.

Is 76 days adrift real?

Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost At Sea is a 1986 memoir by Steven Callahan about his survival alone in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, which lasted 76 days.

Is Life of Pi really based on a true story?

The film, Life of Pi, is not based on a true story and is a fictional story that is based on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name that released in

2001. However, director Ang Lee wanted the film to have depth and realism. Steven Callahan, a survivor of the shipwreck that Lee requested to act as the film’s consultant.