“The Grief Was Fairly Low”

Ashcraft also revealed that, during the sailing, she did not have any time to grieve over her lost fiance. fiancé. “Actually, while I was in the survival mode, the grief was fairly low,” she continued. “It wasn’t as intense as when I got to shore, and the survival was over, and I could see people together, and everything kept reminding me of him. I just really had a hard time. But that survival instinct [while at sea] just kicked in. It helped me to focus, to keep myself on track.”

Fortunately, Ashcraft managed to survive, against all the odds. And while her tale did not initially have a happy ending, the sailor found a way to reclaim her story of tragedy and survival.