Geraldine Griffin

Daughters of the Sea book cover

Daughters of the Sea

A Memoir of Growing up Afloat, Voyaging into Adulthood

A wholly unique story of four daughters growing up afloat, and crewing around the south coast of the UK, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

  • A sparkling literary voyage through the author's childhood, adolescence and beyond, that constantly entertains with the unlikeliest of encounters and serendipities as her family defy the odds to answer the call of the sea.

    Jeremy Tully-Chaplin

  • A fascinating story of four girls growing up on a sailboat in the days before electronic aids to sailing with no hot running water, fridge, Wi-Fi, telephone, or computer!

    June Robb

  • Fascinating. Evocative of a bygone age of sailing. Positively inspirational.

    AHS

  • Fascinating story beautifully written

    Linda Mary Kiggell

Geraldine Griffin and her family about to set sail from Poole in 1965
Geraldine Griffin

Geraldine Griffin

Geraldine Griffin grew up aboard a series of sailing boats – mostly gaff ketches - with her parents and three sisters, becoming bo’sun and navigator. She has written many articles for yachting magazines and Blackwood’s Magazine and now lives ashore in Somerset with her husband. They have four children and five grandchildren.

All the Nice Girls record album cover. From left to right: Linda, Geraldine, June and Heather
Geraldine taking sun sight with sextant 1965 - photo James Griffin.
Taken in Greece. From left to right: Geraldine, Linda, Jim, Heather and Ann.

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