I'd no idea, how very generous. I met Robin when he was working at Troon marina, Suhailie was on the hard and I marvelled at his bravery crikey. He is indeed a man who has made his mark.

ian charles Yes he did. A true gentleman of character.

With all respect. On this video I see a complete different man as you describe. Very nervous and very outspoken. The crew was behaving more ¨Sir¨ like than he did. It needs men made out of steel to sail the world, but we should not romantisize it too much.

@@pjotr1338 Well fuck, it was 50 years ago!

@@pjotr1338 I don't see her describing the man himself in any way, she is simply telling what happened. And the fact that he might be nervous and outspoken is one of the very reasons why people hold him in such a high place. Because he acts like a normal person, and for what I have seen or heard, he doesn't hold himself higher than others. He seems to be a very humble man, who is thankful for what he's got. If romantizing his achievements helps people to find the courage to pursuit their dreams and make them reality, I say let people romantize all they want. In the end it will always be about the things you did and even more so about things you missed out on because you feared to fail. He sets a good example in that manner, giving people reason to dream and possibly a push towards achieving them. I bet he is not a perfect man. Hell, he might treat the people close to him like trash (which I kind of doubt as he had a daughter and a grandson with him on the video), but his legend gives people hope, and that itself is far more valuable than facts about his personality.

STFU lubber@@pjotr1338

@@pjotr1338 Do you know what he did and the details of this? He's an old man now. When he went round the world people thought it was as hard as going to the moon. To get to the moon the world built men rockets. RKJ sailed his little boat with a barometer, sextant, broken radio, tinned food and a few beers. No wonder people think "sir".

Knapweed Great comment - Thank you.

Poofters all..we Aussies are the real men of the sea.!!

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reading it at this moment

Antony Loach I

You don’t know squat. His brother appointed him AG in Jan ‘61 and he held that post until Sep ‘64.

You should follow the GGR2022. She’s doing quite well so far but it is only close to 20 days so far.

This is the original. The powers that be had Suhaili on display in a museum for several years and it made him ill watching her dry rot. So he got her back and lovingly restored her. There’s a video somewhere here of that.

Are you thinking of gypsy moth IV?

Yep! Your point? He could school you on a few things.

He stopped once for refitting. Sir Robin was the first to do it non-stop.

Özgür Say : Get yourself a pair of Jalatte rigger boots. 20% the price of the poncy stuff and likely, twice the durability.

thanks

Dubarry boots from Ireland

In Alaska we wear BF Goodrich Extra-Tough rubber boots for their superior ability to grip an often wet or icy deck.

Moitessier chose not to finish. His book about the race is sheer poetry.