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Dad, Daughter Sail 18,000 Miles; Shark Steals Tuna, Cancer Recovery

6/7/2026

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Rob Donald and his 19-year-old daughter Freya are preparing for the next leg of their 18,000-nautical-mile voyage aboard the wooden yacht Misha.
Misha, built in 1937, carried them through a 24-day Indian Ocean crossing and 50-knot winds in the Bay of Biscay.
A tiger shark stole half their tuna, forcing a week of tuna meals.
Rob, diagnosed with prostate cancer in Cape Town, underwent Australia’s first robotic single-port surgery.

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Story summary

Rob Donald and his 19-year-old daughter Freya are preparing for the next leg of their 18,000-nautical-mile voyage aboard the wooden yacht Misha.
Misha, built in 1937, carried them through a 24-day Indian Ocean crossing and 50-knot winds in the Bay of Biscay.
A tiger shark stole half their tuna, forcing a week of tuna meals.
Rob, diagnosed with prostate cancer in Cape Town, underwent Australia’s first robotic single-port surgery.