Not Without Hope [Testing pls respond if it works] - Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman

Written by Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman
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Written by: Nick Schuyler, Jere Longman
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Format: Unabridged

Release Date:03-02-10

Audible Editor Reviews

One of AudioFile magazine’s best voices in 2011 and 2012, as well as winner of multiple Earphones Awards, Ramon de Ortega provides an electrifying performance of this harrowing true story. Twenty-four-year-old Nick Schuyler and three friends left for a deep-sea fishing trip, anchoring their boat 70 miles west of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico. As the weather began to turn bad, the inexperienced sailors made a series of mistakes that led to the sinking of their boat. De Ortega builds up the friends’ fear almost to breaking point, and his taut pacing gives listeners a true sense of the terrible ordeal they faced. Listeners will hang on every word of this story of heroism and tragedy.

Publisher’s Summary

On a blustery day, four friends embarked on a fishing trip. A harrowing two days later, only one man returned. This is his story.

On February 28, 2009, Nick Schuyler, a 24-year-old personal trainer, left for a deep-sea fishing trip with three friends: NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley, his best friend, who once played football for the University of South Florida. It was supposed to be a day of fun and relaxation aboard Cooper’s 21-foot boat, which anchored 70 miles west of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico. The friends were out to catch some amberjack and grouper and maybe a few sharks. They planned to drink a few beers, have some laughs, and get home before an approaching cold front hit.

As the seas began to swell and the winds picked up in the late afternoon, they packed their gear and decided to head to shore. One problem. The anchor was stuck. Inexperienced boaters, they made what would become a fatal mistake, tying the anchor rope to the stern of the boat and hitting the throttle. The anchor did not yank free. Instead, the stern sank and filled with water, and the boat capsized. And so the nightmare began.

The men had to forage for life jackets beneath the boat. They had no emergency beacon to alert authorities, and their cell phones didn¹t work so far out in the Gulf. With no food or water, the men clung to the overturned hull through the night as the seas roughened and the cloudy sky became inky black. They were continuously tossed from the boat by brutal waves, and sometimes found each other only by swimming toward their friends’ voices. During the rare lull, they would pray and talk about the ones they loved, what they would’ve done differently with their lives, and what they would do once they returned home. As the hours passed, the four friends, who had grown up as athletes, worked as a team in their desperate bid to survive. They battled hypothermia, hallucinations, hunger, dehydration, and huge waves.

A witness to incredible heroism and unspeakable tragedy, Nick remained at sea for more than 40 hours, holding on, hoping against hope and clinging to the thought that he couldn’t bear to have his mother attend his funeral. Not Without Hope is much more than a story of survival. It is an inspiring story of friendship, resolve, and courage
5.0 out of 5 stars RICK “SHAQ” GOLDSTEIN SAYS: “A MESMERIZING TRUE TALE OF TRAGEDY AND SURVIVAL!”, March 4, 2010

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Rick Shaq Goldstein “*SHAQ*” (Danville, Ca, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not Without Hope (Hardcover)
On February 28, 2009 four friends… excited as little kids… headed out on a fishing trip in Clearwater, Florida. The fact that all four young men were exceptionally physically fit makes the tragedy at sea that occurred hours later even more shocking to their loved ones… and the world at large. The four men were Nick Schuyler a physical trainer… Will Bleakley a former college football player… Corey Smith a professional football player… and Marquis Cooper a professional football player. The “excuse” for the fishing trip (as if an excuse was needed)… was that Marquis was getting ready to head out to the Oakland Raiders training camp. Marquis owned a twenty-one-foot, three-thousand-plus-pound boat and he wanted to get one more day of fishing in before succumbing to the brutality of an NFL training camp. All the guys were almost giddy with anticipation. Will and Nick were best friends and Corey and Marquis were new friends and training associates. Sandwiches were made… beer… Read more
4.0 out of 5 stars The pettiness and the greatness of man, May 4, 2011

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Javier Bonilla Castañeda (Austin, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Not Without Hope (Hardcover)
The pettiness and the greatness of man

Buy the book and read it; it is hard to put down. I’ll comment about the writing of the book and then about the story.
The survival story is gripping, as I said. Yet, since every book about someone stranded at sea goes into the survivor’s reflections about his own life, beware that in this case the survivor is a 24 YO bodybuilder. His life might not interest the reader as much so skim through those sections and you’ll loose nothing. AH, beware also that the book is plagued with “Me’s” and “I’s” so if you are intolerant to self-centeredness go get your anti-acid before you start to read.

Before I turn to my opinion about the story, I’ll tell you that I agree with others that have commented that the narrative seems a little strange. One example is enough to show this: they are dying of thirst and suddenly Will retrieves a Gatorade from the capsized boat. First the author says “I didn’t drink it right away” as if he were… Read more
5.0 out of 5 stars Sad but TRUE story, told very well, March 7, 2010

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A. lippert (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Not Without Hope (Hardcover)

I followed this story on the news as it was happening and live in the same area, but I am one who only heard what was on TV or in the paper and we all know how they easily twist the facts. I wanted to know more and how it really happened. I bought this book and could not put it down. It is so detailed, it makes you/me feel like I really knew him, and the others. Every time I say something like…. its cold, in my mind I think its not bad at all compared to what they went through, in the water! This was a very SAD story and I shed a few tears for the men and families, but think the worst is those who dare criticize someone who lost his 3 best friends. I would love to see the tables turned…..

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