Robin Lee Graham (1949 - ) is a man who set out to sail around the world alone as a teenager in the summer of 1965. National Geographic Magazine carried the story, and he co-wrote a book detailing his journey called Dove. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ... The National Geographic Magazine, later shortened to National Geographic, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. ...

Graham was just sixteen when he set out from Southern California and headed west in his 24-foot boat. He took along two kittens for company. He got married along the way, and after almost five years, sailed back into his home port in Los Angeles. After he and his wife Patti briefly attended Stanford University, they moved to Montana and settled down. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked...

Graham's book about his voyage, Dove, was published in 1972. His voyage was later the subject of the film, The Dove. A followup book, Home Is The Sailor, was published in 1983. The Dove is an American film released in 1974 and directed by Charles Jarrott. ...

The Route

Pacific Leg

After a "shakedown cruise" from San Pedro, California to Hawaii, Dove left Ala Wai Yacht Harbor in Honolulu on Sept. 14th, 1965. Graham's first landfall was 14 days later at Fanning Island, a British controlled atoll. His next planned stop was Pago Pago on the Island of Tutuila in American Samoa. A fierce squall demasted Dove and left her unable to reach Pago Pago. Under jury-rig Dove set course for Apia on Upolu, Western Samoa. Five months later the repaired Dove sailed to Pago Pago to wait out the Hurricane season. San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California, annexed in 1909 and a major seaport of the area. ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... Tabuaeran: lagoon shore at dusk Tabuaeran is an atoll—one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean—located at Latitude 3° 51 36 North – Longitude 159° 21 52 West. ... Pago Pago, pronounced PAHNG-oh PAHNG-oh, is the capital of American Samoa, a territory of the United States of America. ... Tutuila is the main island of American Samoa. ... Apia, Samoa is the capital of Samoa. ... Samoa In Polynesian mythology (specifically Samoan), Upolu is the first woman on the island of the same name. ... The Independent State of Samoa (conventional long form) or Samoa (conventional short form) is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. ...

On May 1st, 1966, Robin Graham sailed Dove to the Vava'u Group in Tonga. On June 21st, Dove sailed to Fiji. First to Fulanga in the Lau Group, then Kabara and then on to Suva in the Viti Levu Group. Dove next made it's way throuh the Yasawa Group including the islands of Naviti, Waialailai, Waia, Nalawauki,Tavewa, and Yasawa. Neiafu (left) and Fungamisi (centre) at the Port of Refuge Vavau is an island chain of one large island and 40 smaller ones in Tonga. ... The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. ... Kabara (IPA: ) is an island of Fiji, a member of the Lau archipelago. ... Suva is the capital city of Fiji. ... The Viti Levu Group in Fiji consists of the island of Viti Levu and its outliers, including Bau, Beqa, and Nukulau. ... The Yasawa Group is a group of about 20 volcanic islands in the Western Division of Fiji, with an approximate total area of 135km2. ... Naviti (IPA: []) is a volcanic island in the Yasawa Group, in the Western Division of Fiji. ... Tavewa is the largest island of the Yasawa Islands and measures approximately 3 km x 1 km. ... Yasawa, also called Assawa and Ysava, is the main island of the Yasawa Group, an archipelago in Fijis Western Division. ...

On October 22, Dove set sail for the New Hebrides and arrived the capital, Port Vila four days later. On November 20th Dove pulled into Honiara on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. While in the Solomons Robin visited Florida Island, Savo Island and Tulagi Island. After one of Dove's slowest passages, landfall was made at Port Moresby, New Guinea on March 24th, 1967. The New Hebrides are an island group in the South Pacific that now form the nation of Vanuatu. ... Port Vila (population 29,356, coordinates ) is the capital city of Vanuatu. ... Honiara, population 49,107 (1999), is the capital of the Solomon Islands and of Guadalcanal Province, although it is a separately administered town. ... Guadalcanal, position (inset) and main towns Guadalcanal is a 2,510 square mile (6 500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands. ... The Florida Islands are a small island group in Solomon Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean. ... Savo Island is a minor island in the Solomon Islands group in the South Pacific ocean. ... Tulagi, less commonly Tulaghi, is a small island (5. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (), population 255,000 (2000), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...

Dove left New Guinea on April 18th and arrived in Darwin, Australia on May 4th. Darwin most commonly refers to: Charles Darwin (1809–1882), renowned naturalist and thinker associated with the theory of evolution by natural selection Darwin, Northern Territory, Australian city and the capital of the Northern Territory Darwin (operating system), a low level computer operating system used as the lower layer of Apple...

Indian Ocean Leg

On July 6th, 1967, Graham sailed Dove out of Darwin and made 1,900 miles in 18 days to reach Direction Island in the Cocos Islands. Eighteen hours out of the Cocos Islands Dove was demasted for the second time of the voyage during a brief storm. Graham sailed under jury rig 2,300 miles to reach Port Louis Harbor, Mauritius. After repairs Dove made for Reunion Island and then sailed 1,450 miles to Durban, South Africa. Direction Island is the name of several places: Direction Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands is an island of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Direction Island, Antarctica is another name of Bearing Island in Antarctica This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The arms of Port Louis Port Louis banking district, and the main avenue leading to the Government House (seen in the background) Port Louis (pronounced locally as paw-louee) is the capital of Mauritius. ... Réunion is an island and overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, about 200 km southwest of Mauritius. ... Durban (Zulu: eThekwini (IPA: ) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. ...

Graham spent 9 months in South Africa calling on ports along the southern edge of the continent including East London, South Africa, Port Elizabeth, Plettenbergbaai, Knysna, Stilbaai, Struisbaai, Gordon's Bay and finally, Cape Town. East London (Afrikaans: Oos-Londen, Xhosa: Imonti) is a city in southeast South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province at 32. ... Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... View over the town of Knysna with the famous, Knysna Heads, in the backround Knysna (pronounced NIZE-nuh or NACE-nah, probably from a Hottentot word meaning ferns)[1] is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Route. ... A view of the Goukou River that seperates the eastern and western halves of Stilbaai. ... Struisbaai is a coastal village boasting the longest continuous stretch of white sand coastline in the Southern Hemisphere, and is located at 34:48S and 20. ... Gordons Bay is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, close to Strand. ... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...

Atlantic Ocean Leg

On July 13th, 1968, Dove left Cape Town and sailed toward the northern coast of South Africa. On August 5th, Dove made landfall in Clarence Bay Ascension Island. A week later Graham sailed Dove out of Clarence Bay and towards Surinam. On August 31, Dove sailed up the Surinam River to the city of Paramaribo. Anthem God Save the Queen Capital (and largest city) Georgetown Official languages English Government Dependency of St. ... Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Georgetown Largest city Georgetown Official languages English Government Dependency of St. ... Colonial style houses, Waterkant, Paramaribo. ...

The Boats - "Big Dove" and "Little Dove"

Dove book cover.

Robin started his journey on the original "Little Dove" a 24 foot Lapworth sloop. On reaching the Caribbean, Dove was replaced by "Big Dove" a 33 foot Allied Luders sloop.^[1][2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Dove sank in Hurricane Marilyn in 1995. Hurricane Marilyn was the thirteenth named storm of the unusually busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, following closely on the heels of Hurricane Luis. ...

The Return of Dove was found in Hawaii by Mark and Beverly Langley in 2000. They restored her in 2001.^[3] She was sold again in 2004 and is believed to be still in Hawaii.^[4]

The Return of Dove ("Big Dove") has been sold and is being transported to the mainland. Plans are for the boat to be displayed for the public along with the opening of a new musical about Robin Graham's adventure in Atlanta, Georgia, October 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• Robin Lee Graham (1972). Dove. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-011603-X. 
• Paperback reprint: Robin Lee Graham (1991). Dove. Harper Paperbacks. ISBN 0-06-092047-5. 
• Robin Lee Graham, with Derek Gill (1983). Home Is the Sailor. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-015154-4. 

Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Footnotes

External links

• The Schoolboy Circumnavigation
• The Dove at the Internet Movie Database.