OzOne wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:32:31 -0500, katy
scribbled thusly:

Nigel wrote: very little that needs be paid attention to...

You obviously haven't read either _Maiden Voyage_ or _The Dove_....I
suggest you complete your education regarding young American sailors...

I'd suggest you don't take too much notice of The Dove.....primarily a
work of fiction based on some fact.

What facts do you base this information on Mr. OzOne?

Lately I've been reading books about great sea adventures, some of
which for the second or third time. Among them are Robin Lee Graham's
Dove, the story of his journey around the world in a 24 foot sloop
begun when he was only sixteen. Also, Joshua Slocum's classic adventure
Sailing Alone Around the World. Just now I'm reading Apsley
Cherry-Garard's The Worst Journey In the World, named by National
Geographic as one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. I am
drawn to this genre because of my work and travels in more than 90
countries and my journey around the world in 2000, most of the way as a
lone sailor aboard a sailboat. It is to Robin Lee Graham's credit that
his book is now still in print for 31 years and that it is among the
classics recommended in home schooling for young adults. In the last
chapter of the book, still uncertain of his future, he writes that he
and his young wife, Patti, begin to read the Bible together: "Our
finding a belief in God - becoming Christians - was a slow thing.... We
want to work out our lives in the way God intended us to. In reading
the Bible together we were fascinated by the prophecies made two
thousand years and more ago, prophecies which seemed to be coming true,
like the Jews returning to their own country. We have no idea where
these new thoughts and ideas and practices will take us.... But we are
open to whatever direction God will give us. Our belief is simple. It
is the belief that so many of our own generation are discovering - a
belief that God isn't dead as some of the older generation have told
us. In a world that seems to be going crazy we are learning that Jesus
showed men the only way they should live - the way we were meant to
live." Graham's voyage brought him immense intangible wealth -- a
companion for life and the wisdom of discovering a Shepherd for all
eternity. I suggest you read the book Mr OzOne. ...

Capt American




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