Sailing Alone Around the World - Softcover

Slocum, Joshua

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9780713679359: Sailing Alone Around the World

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713679352 ISBN 13: 9780713679359

Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical, 2006

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Joshua Slocum's epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the 37 foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of singlehanded voyaging, and has since been the inspiration for the many who have gone to sea in small boats. Starting from Boston in 1895, by the time he dropped anchor in Newport, Rhode Island over three years after his journey began, he had cruised some 46,000 miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. Slocum's account of his epic voyage is a classic of sailing literature, acclaimed as an unequalled masterpiece of vital yet disciplined prose. It will be welcomed by admirers of his legendary achievement. 'It is a timeless work that can be read again and again, and a story that totally absorbs the reader with it's enormity and honest endeavour' RNSA Journal 'Slocum's prose is a model of its kind: honest, vivid, salty, and at times, lyrical' Traditional Boats and Tall Ships 'One of the all-time classic sailing narratives' Classic Boat

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A real classic of the sea. Written by one of the great navigators, who was also a great writer. This book has been an inspiration for generations of sailors. PB.

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'This book has literary merit, thoughtful and beautifully written and packed with incident.'
-- The Nautical Magazine, March 2007

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