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Douglas Robertson

πŸ‘€ Speaker
725 total appearances

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What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Yeah, exactly.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Exactly.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

I don't know if you ever watched these wild animal programs where you have a lion and a buffalo in the same picture, you know, and the buffalo, like he waits until the lion attacks him before he attacks the lion.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

It's like he waits right to the last moment.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

But whilst the lion is there, he just ignores him, you know.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

And Dougal was very like that.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

He never...

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

He's like, oh, there's a lion there.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

I've got to deal with that.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

He'd just say, oh, there's a lion over there.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

If that lion comes over here, I'll just give him a butt and a head.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Dougal dealt with things when they slapped him in the face, basically.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

And somebody with a character like that is the right man for the job because you'd never do it.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

If you stopped to think, you would never do it.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

And back in those days, it was so dangerous.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

I mean, Sir Francis Chichester, he got a knighthood.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Sir Alec Rose got a knighthood.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

These are people who sailed around the world alone, and they got knighthoods because they were brave.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Sir Robin Knox Johnson got a knighthood.

What I survived
The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

Dougal didn't get a knighthood.