tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post111285105082767489..comments2024-01-14T16:40:11.474-05:00Comments on Zephyr (sail): A voyager at seventeenZephyr (Sail)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03550229698429834356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496469.post-1113149068487232742005-04-10T12:04:00.000-04:002005-04-10T12:04:00.000-04:00Dove still endures as a classic novel of young adv...<EM>Dove</EM> still endures as a classic novel of young adventure, but if I see this one on the shelf, I'll give it a look.<BR/><BR/>Note: a little more than half-way through his circumnavigation, Robin Lee Graham became disgusted with his adventure and wanted to walk away from the whole thing. This may have been Australia, but I'm not certain. There's the book on the shelf only six feet from me, but I"m too lazy to get up and find the page). National Geographic (who was sponsoring the trip and had an interest in its successful completion) bought him a larger boat (just around 33', I believe) on which to continue his voyage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com