I was on stand duty at the London Boat Show yesterday where I was on hand for any one interested in joining the Little Ship Club. The weather had taken an arctic turn again with snow falling in central London over night and into the morning. As a result there were fewer attendees at the show than the exhibitors had hoped. My time was not wasted, however, because I met two chaps who both inspired, reassured and encouraged me to continue with my adventure. Sir Robin Knox-Johnson was giving and award to Nathan Whitworth for leaping into a boat and sailing his dream.
Nathan kindly leant me a book he was reading, Ice Bird by David Lewis in which Lewis recounts his adventure of sailing single handed from Sydney, Australia around Antarctica. The book begins with a quote.
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was all vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
T.E.Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Sir Robin was the first person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed non-stop in 1968-69 and continues to undertake many adventures.
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