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'Daddy's a sailor, why don't we sail around the world?' On board their 43-foot schooner Lucette, the Robertson family set sail from the south of England in January 1971 - and in June 1972 Lucette was holed by killer whales and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Four adults and two children survived the next 38 days adrift, first in a rubber life raft and then crammed into a 9-foot fibreglass dinghy, before being rescued by a passing Japanese fishing vessel. This is the story of how they survived, but it also tells of the 18-month voyage of the Lucette, across the Atlantic, around the Caribbean, through the panama Canal and out into the Pacific. It is a vivid and candid account of the delights and hardships, the excitements and the dangers, the emotional highs and lows experienced by the family both before and after the shipwreck.. Douglas Robertson has taken his father's classic book Survive the Savage Sea as his starting point, and has drawn upon a wealth of other sources, not least his own memories of a life-changing experience, to bring us this true story of adventure, of relationships strained to bursting point, of conflict and resolution - ultimately a very human and humbling tale.
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Douglas Robertson, eldest son of Linda and Dougal Robertson born 1954 and raised as a farmer's son before sailing with the family on the Lucette when he was 16. He went into the British Merchant Navy as a cadet, finally serving as Chief Officer. He left the sea in 1980 for a career in accountancy and lives with his family in London where he is also a qualified Tai Chi instructor.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A complete book!,
This review is from: Last Voyage of the Lucette: The Full, Previously Untold, Story of the Events First Described by the Author's Father, Dougal Robertson, in Survive (Paperback)
This a wonderful, compelling read which gives an insight to survival at sea.But more than that, it holds up a mirror to all of us as we see the emotional struggles within a family of love, despair, desperation, bitterness and most of all, hope. This book should be read by everyone but most of all by anyone who is about to set off on any journey whether physical, spiritual or emotional. It puts everything into perspective.
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The Last Voyage of the Lucette,
By Carmel Meagher (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Voyage of the Lucette: The Full, Previously Untold, Story of the Events First Described by the Author's Father, Dougal Robertson, in Survive (Paperback)
A real page turner, this book will hold the readers interest from cover to cover. A remarkable true story covering three shipwrecks occuring over two generations and the effects they had on the lives of the Robertson family. The main story covers the voyage of the Lucette, her attack by killer whales and subsequent sinking in the Pacific as well as the familys' incredible journey home across seven hundred and fifty miles of open ocean catching food and water as they went in their three man open boat Ednamair. This book will make the reader feel truly humbled and leave them to marvel at the human spirit and what it can achieve when put to the test.This book is an inspiration when dealing with the trails and tribulations affecting everyday life and I recomend it to all.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Review of The Last Voyage of The Lucette,
By Samantha (Herts, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Last Voyage of the Lucette: The Full, Previously Untold, Story of the Events First Described by the Author's Father, Dougal Robertson, in Survive (Paperback)
An incredible and emotional journey explained in a day by day chronology, beginning as a family's exciting adventure sailing around the world that turns into a gripping fight for survival on a raft.The story of The Lucette is an inspiration in itself, but the description of the Robertson family's survival I found truly amazing. I also thought the book to be a more in-depth portrayal of the story than the film originally shown on TV a few years ago. I thoroughly reccommend it!
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