Dove

So the three of you reading this have got to read this book. It is amazing and captivating. I've been pretty obsessed with it actually these past few days and plan on running out to find the National Geographic issues back in the late '60s and early '70s that feature this true story. It's about the youngest person to ever sail solo around the world; 16 year old Robin Graham (semi colon or colon appropriate here? I hate semi-colons.). He sails old school too without any modern equipment such as GPS, but uses a sextant and charts to plot his position daily.

There are several crazy moments in monster storms while he bobs around in his teeny 24 foot boat, but it's not primarily about sailing around the world. It's more about all the places and people he meets, especially his wife who was also a drifting discontented baby boomer who Robin met in the Fijis. Neither one of them wanted settle for conformity in a plastic world, and the story is inspiring for us all. It's a reminder never to lose that child like wonder and naivete of the world and its creator. Most of us lose it over time. Tis a pity.