I liked the book because it shows that anyone could do anything they wished to do and in this it shows exactly that. he sailed around the world alone which I think is pretty amazing. In doing something like that I would probably need assistance or someone to help me out.

I think the best part in this book is when he first casts out and it's all fine until he gets in trouble with the weather and eventually gets back on track and comes through with the proble. The worst part of the book would have to be the beginning because it doesn't really describe the characters as well they should.

I liked when the main character first sailed out and said he will always finish his goals and strive toward them and nothing will stop him. Every storm went by he delt with it swiftly like it was no competition.

I was given this book as a child in the middle 70's, it started a love affair with the ocean and sailing that has lasted my lifetime. It gave me a hero of someone who didn't get caught up in negative teenage delinquency but instead pushed himself to do somethng no one thought possible. See also National Geographic articles on "Dove" as well as the adult version Dove about this young man. Movie made about this amazing young man as well. Movie not bad, but most importantly, this book provided a start to a passionate pursuit of something positive in my childhood which frankly kept me out of delinquent goals and instead pursuing confidence building sailing skills in Southern California harbors and oceans.

I can't imagine what I would do after having seen the World by age 21. Robin chose to head for the mountains of Montana where he and Pattie found their creator and learned life's lessons the hard way. At the end of the book he hints that he wants to sell the ranch, buy a large teaching crusier, and once again sail the South Pacific.
I hope he made it.
tony@willingham.net

Robin continues to live and grow in his quest to be a husband, father, and spiritual person. Very painful to read about some of the family's hard lessons in building their home.

I contacted Robin several years ago wondering whatever happened to the rest of the story. He was very gracious to respond (twice!) and those notes, as well as his family newsletter are proudly stored with my copies of his books.

I know many people pursue truth and faith. Few have written about their journey in such a transparent, warts-and-all manner.

After reading Dove, I was anxious to find out what happened toRobin, Patty and Quimby. This book took us through their trials and triumphs as he and Patty found the Lord and learned to live off the land. It us not full of bible thumping rhetoric, just the story of a young couple trying to find what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives and the hard work that went into that quest. After reading Dove, I was so anxious to find out what happened to them. Now that I have read Home is the Sailor, I am left with enormous admiration for them and I STILL want to know how things are and what they have done since the book was published. Robin was an inspiration to me when I read Dove and Home is the Sailor didn't disapoint me one little bit. My copy of Dove is in tatters from constant reading and I have loaned out Home so often I have lost it and am heartbroken to find it is out of publicationl

Years ago, when I was growing up, I read the account of Robin Lee Graham as the young man who sailed around the world alone, and also got married along the way, in three installments of the National Geographic, circa 1965-1970. These articles so affected me that I also wanted to sail around the world. However, as I read this book it soon became apparent to me that this book is also an account of a true life love story, between Robin and Patti, both with simple values and needs, in sharp contrast to most people who are primarily concerned with money and social status. They were deep in love and would, and did, do anything for each other.

Robin alone, and later with Patti, sailed to some of the most beautiful places on Earth, I think they must have enough memories for 20 lifetimes. The writing style makes you feel that you are right there with them.

The pictures included in this book are poor black and white, but as I remember, the National Geographic articles included excellent color photographs, it would do you well to find those issues.

As for me, I never did get to sail around the world, a little thing called life intervened, the grind and all that! I did take a sailing class through a local university in the summer of '77, even got an "A" in the class, but this pales in comparison to the daring sailing of Robin Graham. Sometimes, during trips to Florida I gaze at ocean-going yachts at wharfs, and yes, the dream is still alive, thanks to Dove

When I read this book back in the 70's, I was filled with sheer admiration for this young man. Here was a wonderful tale of a sixteen year old boy who set off around the World on a 23 foot sail boat. There was none of the hype that surrounds such ventures nowadays. Robin didn't seek publicity and sponsorship. He was a brave and honest young man who grew up on a venture the majority of us would never dream of taking, he had guts. The voyage had trememdous hardships and delightful romance. I have read and re read this book and still bring out my tattered copy when I need some inspitation. My three sons have all read it at some time or another and my parents were delighted to read about a young man who asked nothing of society for himself, but simply went out and "did his thing". Robin's voyage is an inspiration and the life he and Patty choce for themselves after the voyage was one of spirituality and hope. Thank you Robin. I would love to know what happened to them and where are they now?

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 last year as one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. I am drawn to this genre because of my work and travels in more than 80 countries and my journey around the world in 1999, most of the way as a lone passenger aboard a modern freighter. 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. Highly recommended. ...