Robin Lee Graham
Robin Lee Graham (born March 5, 1949 in Orange County , California , USA ) is an American sailor .
Robin Lee Graham sailed around the world alone from the age of 16 to 21. He started on September 14, 1965 with his 24 foot (7 meter) long "Dove" in Los Angeles , California . When he arrived on April 30, 1970, Robin Lee Graham was 21 years and 56 days old. He was at that time the youngest single-handed - world sailor .
The story of his journey was made into a film in 1974.
literature
- Robin Lee Graham: My ship was the pigeon . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1995, ISBN 3-76880-881-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b World Sailing Records: Youngest Solo Circumnavigators ( Memento from May 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Dove (1974) on imdb.com
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| SURNAME | Graham, Robin Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange County , California , USA |