Please allow me to introduce myself and the purpose of this website. I grew up next to a lake and our present home is near another lake about half way between the Delaware River and Atlantic Ocean. I always loved the water, whether lakes, rivers or the ocean, but it was while living in Austria that I caught the sailing fever. My small 12' Kolibri dinghy gave us much enjoyment! 

 

There are half a dozen small boats lying around our home, some of them for sale and others to sail www.rvharvey.com

I was fascinated to learn 20 years ago, that a friend of my father had done something that no other person in history had accomplished. Marvin Creamer sailed around the world using no navigational instruments to guide him!

I inherited a packet of newspaper clippings which were collected by my parents during his circumnavigation. I wrote Marvin, to find out if his story had been published. Although he had contacted several publishers, none was interested in printing his book. He made the mistake of not getting a large corporation or organization to sponsor his voyage, in which case the widest possible audience would have been guaranteed.

Scanning slides for this website during a visit with the Creamers in 2004

Guinness Book of Records apparently knew nothing about him and when I requested them to consider recognition of his feat, they refused. Here is a copy of their response to my letter:

Guiness Book of Records wrote on January 3, 2005

Dear Mr Harvey

Thank you for sending us the details of your recent record proposal for 'circumnavigation by boat without navigation instru'. We are  afraid to say that we are unable to accept this as a Guinness World Record.

We have considered your proposal carefully but regret that it is not something we are currently interested in recognising. We receive over 60,000 enquiries a year from which only a small proportion are approved by our experienced researchers to establish new categories.

We appreciate that this may be disappointing to you. We are always keen to hear from people who wish to set a Guinness World Record.  If you should need any advice regarding record breaking in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting the above membership number.

Once again thank you for your interest in Guinness World Records.

Yours sincerely,

Laura Baker
Records Research Services

To get recognized by Guiness, one must eat the most hot dogs or build the largest snowman!

I hope to update this website regularly and welcome responses. It would be great if someone younger than myself would volunteer to take the initiative in...

1) ...getting more recognition for Creamer’s circumnavigation

2) ...rescuing the Globe Star from the scrap yard and restoring it as a memorial

3) ...getting Creamer's story published and into bookstores

The Webmaster would like to see the Globe Star restored and placed on display on the Delaware waterfront opposite Philadelphia. This is only a short distance from Red Bank, where Creamer received a rousing hero's welcome in May of 1984.

I have approached representatives of the media, responsible persons of the Camden Waterfront, government officials, Rowan University and friends of the Creamers in hopes of forming a non-profit corporation, but this has not yet come to fruition.

If you are interested in being a part of this project, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Questions and information pertinent to this website may also be sent to:

Ralph V. Harvey
153 Bentwood Dr.
Malaga, NJ 08328

Telephone: (856) 694-5684
Email: rharvey@avmi.org
Website: www.rvharvey.com