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  2. Robertson was born in Edinburgh in 1924, the youngest of eight children. [1] He joined the British Merchant Navy after attending Leith Nautical College. [ 2 ] He left maritime life after the attack on the SS Sagaing at Trincomalee in 1942, during which his wife Jessie and his son Duncan were killed. [ 1 ]

  3. Jul 18, 2012 · In 1970, retired merchant navy officer Dougal Robertson was running a dairy farm at Meerbrook, near Leek, with his wife Lyn, 18-year-old son Douglas, daughter Anne, 17, and twin sons Neil and ...

  4. Lyn and Dougal Robertson were struggling dairy farmers who decided to sell their farm at Meerbrook, near Leek in Staffordshire and to purchase a boat to sail around the world with their family, 16-year-old son Douglas, daughter Anne, 18, and twin sons Neil and Sandy, aged nine.

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  5. Jun 6, 2024 · In 1968, Dougal and Linda Robertson, as well as their four children — Anne, 18, Douglas, 16, and twins Neil and Sandy, 9 — were glued to radio, following British master yachtsman Robin Knox ...

  6. Feb 5, 2023 · And, so, Lyn and Dougal Robertson and their children - Anne, 18, Dougal, 16 and Neil and his twin brother Sandy, nine - decided to do exactly that in their modest sailing yacht Lucette.

  7. Jun 4, 2022 · On January 27, 1971, Dougal Robertson, his wife Lyn, and their children Douglas (then 17), Anne (16), and twins Sandy and Neil (nine), left Falmouth aboard their 43ft yacht Lucette embarking on an adventure of a lifetime.

  8. May 4, 2016 · Dad Dougal was struggling on the verge of bankruptcy, so he decided to pack up his wife and his children and take them sailing around the world.

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