Dove: The true story of a 16-year-old boy who sailed around the world to discover adventure and love

In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove . This is a reissue of the now classic adventure story of a boy's solo sailing voyage around the world. The young author recalls the loneliness, problems, and triumphs of his solo journey around the world in a twenty-four-foot ship "The true story of a 16-year-old boy who sailed his 24-foot sloop around the world to discover adventure and love"--Cover. Dove nosed into her slip at the Long Beach marina, her sails furled like a bird resting its wings after a storm. Setting out in his sloop Dove to encircle the globe, a sixteen-year-old boy finds adventure and romance.