What Happened to Robin Lee Graham? - Page 3

Weedy · 19-07-2009, 15:15

Well, I must say like all that have posted above me. I found Robins book in a corner at my high school library while living on a custom built trawler with my parents. I was never big into reading, but after that book I was hooked on sailing and hooked on reading. I wanted to do everything he did and had been! I have always looked as Robin as a Major role model for me! It has been hampered with non sailors in every aspect of mt life, but I have never forgot Robin and what he gave me. I would love for him to come across this thread and see how many people that he has touched (which I would bet we are only a small amount across the world) or inspired! God Speed to him and his family! Thanks Robin!

Weedy

schoonerdog · 20-07-2009, 01:36

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Originally Posted by maxingout

It's interesting how, every once in a while, people pop up out of nowhere and influence thousands of lives around the world. Joshua Slocum, Harry Pidgeon, and Robin Lee Graham are good examples.

For me it was Tania Aebi and Tom Neale. I read Maiden Voyage as a teenager and that was the life altering point for me. Then I started in on Tom Neale's articles in Cruising World about raising his family living aboard and cruising and... well... there was no turning back. We've been doing the same for 11 years and now with our son and one day when he asks why, I will say it's because of Tania and Tom.

(schoonerdog's wife - Cindy)

GordMay · 20-07-2009, 10:24

I remember reading Tom Neale’s* "An Island to Oneself" sometime in the late 60's, and thinking that’s what I’d like to do, if I didn’t have a wife & daughter to look after.
➥ An Island To Oneself
➥ An Island To Oneself - Suvarov, Cook Islands by Tom Neale
➥ An Island To Oneself - Suvarov, Cook Islands by Tom Neale

* A different Tom Neale than Cindy cites.

Cindy's Tom Neale writes incredibly insightful boating humour. There’s lots of his stuff available free at ➥ BoatUS.com - Tom Neale's Cruising For You

brucecompac · 02-08-2009, 21:58

I first discovered Robin Lee Graham in the pages and the cover of that first National Geographic. I couldn't believe what I was reading. He and I are about the same age. I just got my drivers license and he was setting out to circumnavigate the globe. Several years later I was reading the classifieds in the back of Cruising World Magazine, maybe 1984 or so. There was a tiny add that read: "Will deliver your yacht anywhere in the world contact R.L Graham ..." I figured it must be my hero Robin Lee Graham. I wrote him a short letter asking whatever became of him, telling him how he inspired me in so many ways and how I was surprised at his classified because he said at the end of his book Dove, that he'd never return to sea. He wrote me back a hand written letter thanking me for writing and how he was glad I was so inspired by his voyage. He also sent signed copies of Dove and Home is the Sailor ... telling me I'd find the answers to my questions in the later book. I did. I do wonder if anyone ever contacted him to deliver a boat. He'd be my first choice!

unbusted67 · 02-08-2009, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxingout

Robin Lee Graham inspired me do to my own circumnavigation. The National Geographic articles implanted the dream in my mind, and there was no escape.

It's interesting how, every once in a while, people pop up out of nowhere and influence thousands of lives around the world. Joshua Slocum, Harry Pidgeon, and Robin Lee Graham are good examples.

We live in a day of extreme sports and well-financed adventures. The high performance extreme sportsmen of today discourage me rather than inspire me, because most of what they do are stunts (often highly risky). I don't aspire to follow in their footsteps, and I have no desire to emulate what they do.

This age of brinksmanship is at the opposite end of the spectrum from people like Slocum, Pidgeon, and Graham. They went about their business in average boats with minimal resources, and they had an excellent adventure. Most of all, they inspired me because what they were doing wasn't extreme. Their dreams were in the realm of possiblity in my own life.

One of my favorite quotes from singlehanded circumnavigator, Harry Pidgeon is: "I avoided adventure as much as possible. Just the same, any landsman who builds his own vessel and sails alone around the world will certainly meet with some adventures, so I shall offer no apology for my voyage. Those days were the freest and happiest of my life."

Long live those sailors who inspire ordinary people to live their dreams.

This is right on an very eloquent.

marcodg · 19-10-2009, 01:20

Hallo to everybody,
I am Marco from Italy!

I've just read by chance the story of Robin Lee Graham,
and I am really impressed!

I would be pleased if somebody could send me the scanner files
so that I could read the NG articles!

thank-you in advance,
in the while I'll go tol look for the book!

guitarkip · 16-11-2009, 16:41

Hello, This is Kip from Marina del Rey. I Saw Zack Sunderland return earlier this year and have enjoyed reading Robin's Book "the Dove." I've been reading it to my kids at night (with a few short parts edited out) and would love to read the NG articles too. Could someone send me the scans as well? I would be grateful. You can send to kiphaynes at gmail.com. Thanks!!

20-07-2009, 10:24	#33
GordMay CF Adviser Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 13,552 Images: 233	I remember reading Tom Neale’s* *"An Island to Oneself"* sometime in the late 60's, and thinking that’s what I’d like to do, if I didn’t have a wife & daughter to look after. ➥ An Island To Oneself ➥ An Island To Oneself - Suvarov, Cook Islands by Tom Neale ➥ An Island To Oneself - Suvarov, Cook Islands by Tom Neale * A different Tom Neale than Cindy cites. Cindy's Tom Neale writes incredibly insightful boating humour. There’s lots of his stuff available free at ➥ BoatUS.com - Tom Neale's Cruising For You __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - s/v"Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?" Custom Search CF ➥ http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=01...%3A2lb6ozabif0

19-10-2009, 01:20	#36
marcodg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	from Italy Hallo to everybody, I am Marco from Italy! I've just read by chance the story of Robin Lee Graham, and I am really impressed! I would be pleased if somebody could send me the scanner files so that I could read the NG articles! thank-you in advance, in the while I'll go tol look for the book!

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19-07-2009, 15:15	#31
Weedy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Well, I must say like all that have posted above me. I found Robins book in a corner at my high school library while living on a custom built trawler with my parents. I was never big into reading, but after that book I was hooked on sailing and hooked on reading. I wanted to do everything he did and had been! I have always looked as Robin as a Major role model for me! It has been hampered with non sailors in every aspect of mt life, but I have never forgot Robin and what he gave me. I would love for him to come across this thread and see how many people that he has touched (which I would bet we are only a small amount across the world) or inspired! God Speed to him and his family! Thanks Robin! Weedy

02-08-2009, 21:58	#34
brucecompac Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1	I first discovered Robin Lee Graham in the pages and the cover of that first National Geographic. I couldn't believe what I was reading. He and I are about the same age. I just got my drivers license and he was setting out to circumnavigate the globe. Several years later I was reading the classifieds in the back of Cruising World Magazine, maybe 1984 or so. There was a tiny add that read: "Will deliver your yacht anywhere in the world contact R.L Graham ..." I figured it must be my hero Robin Lee Graham. I wrote him a short letter asking whatever became of him, telling him how he inspired me in so many ways and how I was surprised at his classified because he said at the end of his book Dove, that he'd never return to sea. He wrote me back a hand written letter thanking me for writing and how he was glad I was so inspired by his voyage. He also sent signed copies of Dove and Home is the Sailor ... telling me I'd find the answers to my questions in the later book. I did. I do wonder if anyone ever contacted him to deliver a boat. He'd be my first choice!

16-11-2009, 16:41	#37
guitarkip Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	Hello, This is Kip from Marina del Rey. I Saw Zack Sunderland return earlier this year and have enjoyed reading Robin's Book "the Dove." I've been reading it to my kids at night (with a few short parts edited out) and would love to read the NG articles too. Could someone send me the scans as well? I would be grateful. You can send to kiphaynes at gmail.com. Thanks!!