Re: [Cal_Boats] Robin on the Dove

I think the idea of a shark eating one of his cats (after it fell overboard) was more suspected than really confirmed in the book. It was portrayed in the movie though. The book about Robin's adventures after the voyage is titled "Home is the Sailor" and I really enjoyed it when I read it, it sure is not a sailing story but is still an interesting read! I found it interesting as he describes his involvement in the writing and direction of the movie version of his voyage, "The Dove". Rod Johnson, "NODROG" 1970 CAL 21, #285 On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:53:19 -0400 Marsh Wise <ma… [at] reenactor.net> writes: I read it again last fall. He DID have a .22 rifle and he does talk about shooting a shark and how much he hated them. I don't remember a shark eating his cat, but they did disappear and get run over, etc. I also found his second book thru amazon used books (okay, I'm wierd and I like to read)... alas, it's not much about sailing. Basically, after his voyage, he realized he wasn't into normal life and he and his wife A: discovered Jesus and B: moved to Montana where they thought they'd be settlers. They built alog cabin, had hardships, lots and lots of God talk, etc. etc. Basically, just a book about their lives. Way different than The Dove. How's that? Marsh Gerald Sobel wrote: I don't recall Robin shooting any shark. I do remember his last pet cat falling off the main boom and falling into the water and being gobbled up by sharks trailing the boats wake, and him being devastated by it even tho he and the cat didn't get along so well. I'd have to get hold of a copy to know for sure, anyone have one? It's not, I don't recall, in the movie version either. Also recall him torn up when his first two cats left, one run over by a truck and the other jumped ship at one island, the island where he got drunk in the aftermath of it, and met his future wife. In fact, I don't recall that Robin even had a rifle on board his boat. I was given Robin's phone number several yars ago but I've never thought to disturb him. My Cal 24 is a near sistership of the Lap 24. It is narrower and has more freeboard. Pretty fast boat actually, I raced against one that was totally restored in the Queen Mary Regatta this summer. Anyway, Robin was a bit traumatized by his voyage, he and his wife bought a ranch in Montana or Wyoming or something like that, like, where people could be shown an anchor and wouldn't know what it was. I'd recommend The Dove as highly as I would Captn' Slocums book. Jerry Marsh Wise <ma… [at] reenactor.net> wrote: Bruce, I hear you. However, it's hard... I could feel bad about the death of anything. Any animal. If I had to kill my own food, I'd be a vegetarian. Just can't think of all this stuff or worry about it all -- it will drive you nuts. I need to concentrate on stuff I can do or need to do (like new bottom paint...). Seriously, I feel for lions, tigers, gorillas, etc. All endangered. i feel for deer, etc. What can you do????? Bruce Stirling wrote: Don't misunderstand my posts about sharks. I am totally on their side and fascinated by them. I got really ticked off when I read Robin Lee Graham's account of Dove's solo around the world and learned he shot a visiting shark, apparently for the fun of it. He was in a Lapworth 24 at the time. Don't particularly want to see the video of them gulping down a pup sea lion, either. I would enjoy watching them eat the crew of a sinking whaler or shark fin fishing boat, though. --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Gerald Sobel <sobel_solar@...> wrote: Bruce, Some nice videos in there..youtube. I like the one of the great white becoming air borne while snatching a tender young seal pup, all in slo-mo. Then there is the plump young woman who survives but gives her leg to the shark for dinner. Woops! Let's see, for every human shark victim there's how many sharks killed for dinner (altho I don't see shark steak much these day, having been critically depleted?) killed for trophies (see who can catch the biggest Mako, like here in Marina del Rey), by-catch on long lines, or suffocating on the bottom with their fins having been sliced off for shark fin soup at a fancy restaurant? Totally shameful. Jerry Bruce Stirling <bruce@...> wrote: I just came across this video of two sharks taking on a surfer in the middle of a wave. Pretty spooky. He makes it out OK. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgfRQi8Pls> Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats/join (Yahoo! ID required) from this group, send an email to: -- Marsh Wise Webmaster: -reenactor.Net: http://www.reenactor.net/ -Foresthill.us: http://www.foresthill.us/ -Legio IX Hispana Penna: http://www.reenactor.net/units/legio_ix_penna/ - 17. 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