Robin knox johnson biography
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Reading Robin Knox-Johnston´s “A World of my own”
It is the third of the four books I am currently reading on the events that have taken place during the /69 Golden Globe Race around the World, a prize which was advertised by the Sunday Times for the first and fastest sailor who would circumvent the Earth single handed. An effort which was unprecedented and heard to imagine back in those times well before GPS navigation, EPIRB and real time weather-data by satellite downlink. Robin Knox-Johnston, who was 30 years of age when underway was later the winner of that race, earned his Knighthood of the British Empire and is still an icon of sailing in the UK. As one of the founders of the Clipper Race around the World he invented one of the most spectacular offshore adventures ordinary people, skippers and part-time sailors can undergo and if rumors are right he is going to compete in the upcoming re-enactment of the Golden Globe Race around the World. Here is what I think of his book.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: “A World on my own”
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Robin Knox-Johnston
British yacht racer (born )
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBERD* | |
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| Born | William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston () 17 March (age&#;85) Putney, London, England |
| Occupation | Sailor |
| Known&#;for | First single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe |
| Spouses | Suzanne Singer &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;&#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
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Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-JohnstonCBERD* (born 17 March ) is a British sailor. In , he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won in the second Jules Verne Trophy, for which they were also given the ISAFWorld Sailor of the Year Awards. In , at the age of 67, he set a record as the oldest yachtsman to complete a round the world solo voyage in the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
Personal life
[edit]Early life
[edit]Knox-Johnston was born in Putney, London. His birth was registered in Wandsworth in He was the eldest child of David R Knox-Johnston () and Elizabeth Magill née Cree (), who were married in Tring, in [1]
Knox-Johnston was educated at the Berkhamsted boys' school. From to , he served in the Merchant Navy a