He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, Spray. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2016.

Enlightened world view not without it's occasional prejudices, but impressive nonetheless given that it is over 100 years back in time. His prose at times was amazing, in the early sections as he sets off on his voyage, he says "waves dancing joyously across the bay met her coming out of the harbour to dash them into myriads of sparkling gems..." and "the day was perfect, the sunlight clear and strong. After all he was not entirely new to sailing...he was already an accomplished sailor a master mariner by profession...yet admitted to the world his mistakes e.g. I'm assuming that this has been scanned from the original but it hasn't worked. I teased a chapter a day out of it, just to make the reading experience last a bit longer. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.

There are other editions of this great yarn, which I think are far preferable. For example for some reason "ship" comes out as 'deliver". The nautical terms can be hard to figure out at times, but for us "land ducks" this is understandable. Slocum's skill, resourcefulness, and courage are simply astounding! Please read this book. Right now, somewhere on the world’s oceans, someone is sailing a version of the Spray and keeping alive the remarkable story of a little boat that sailed around the world with only one crew member, the dauntless Yankee skipper Joshua Slocum. Enlightening journey of the human experience, thank you Joshua, Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017. I can only imagine how one could sail around the world all by himself in an era without GPS, radio communications, or even good charts, and all by the power of the wind!

''There is so much to this book that it is not surprising that it is has been continually in print since 1889 . In addition, Capt Slocum has a flair for writing! Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019.

Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015. He was far from alone. Enjoy. There was a problem loading your book clubs. It has been translated into Swedish, Polish, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, and in 2003 and 2004, Japanese and Chinese.

Two books, Kenneth Slack’s In the Wake of the Spray (1966) and R. Bruce Roberts-Goodson’s Spray: The Ultimate Cruising Boat (1995), have documented this phenomenon, which began in 1903 and continues to the present. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015. On April 24, 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum set out on a three-year journey to circumnavigate the world alone by boat. One can only be amazed by his fortitude, adventure spirit, and his very calm, down-to-earth observations on the places and peoples he visited and interacted with. Hats off to how he managed to keep the boat on the same track without steering for extraordinary distances and time lengths,several hundred miles and weeks, he accomplished by trimming and setting the sails to do was a testament of his experience and sailing abilities.

this book has literary merit, thoughtful and beautifully written and packed with incident.'' Capt Slocum, we who have read your book, salute you. The book itself is pretty well written too. His diagrams of the Spray’s profile, deck plan, and rigging are reprinted in nearly every edition.

T.J.W. Crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in his sloop, the Spray, Slocum visited South Africa, South America, and Australia before returning home as the first man to successfully sail around the world solo.

taking the paint off another boat while setting off in limited room.

Between 1969 and 1995, Roberts-Goodson sold more than 5,000 sets of plans for Spray replicas of various sizes, and more than 800 of these have actually been built (Roberts-Goodson, p. viii). Capn Slocum was the original American solo adventurer, and what a story it is.

The voyage lasted three years and approximately 46,000 miles; and was accomplished on a 36' ordinary wooden sloop (The 'Spray'), typical of the 1890's. Besides Sailing Alone, Slocum left a small published legacy of two additional accounts of voyages; a souvenir pamphlet about the Spray; a few unpublished letters to his editors, government officials, family, and friends; and scattered newspaper interviews with inquisitive journalists. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Joshua Slocum was the first person to sail completely around the world alone! Please try again. --This text refers to an alternate, When Joshua Slocum sailed alone around the world, he traveled in good company.

Very entertaining.
Thoreau described how he single-handedly built a cabin for only $28.12½; similarly, Slocum describes building the Spray for only $553.62. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Slocum is much more modest and unassuming than Thoreau, however. To think that more than a hundred years ago Capt Slocum sailed without GPS and Navtex, no laptop navigational chart software, his difficulties in acquiring a chronometer, no apps to predict wind direction and strength, is just so inspirational. The Spray has also returned in the hundreds of full-sized replicas Slocum fans have built over the last century, many of them amazingly precise.

He was a Nova Scotian born, naturalized American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. The nautical terms can be hard to figure out at times, but for us "land ducks" this is understandable. Please try again. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2018. This is the modest and humorous tale of the circumnavigation of the great Capt Slocum, and idol and beacon to all that followed him circling the globe. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. It first appeared in serial form in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, a popular periodical published in New York. Joshua Slocum, having only a third-grade education, has a gift with words nonetheless. Written in his own hand, as a non-professional writer, it is amazingly well done. Gather round ye lovers of the sea, sailing, boats and all things nautical.

His respect that he showed to peoples he met (unlike some very famous mariners and explorers of the past who suffered the consequences) showed the strength of his character and humanity.

He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray. Throughout Sailing Alone Slocum appears honest, forthright, and direct, like Henry David Thoreau in Walden (1854), a man who cared more for truth than money, love, or fame. He found himself particularly well suited to the adventure. It sold 7,000 copies in its first year, and its original edition eventually sold more than 27,000 copies (Teller, pp. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. He kept a journal of the experience and that was pretty much the sole basis of … This version has NO illustrations at all. This book should be in your ‘ have read ‘ list. This edition is a sad version and I am returning it. The Barnes & Noble CLassics version also has fantastic illustrations and an excellent introduction, well worth the money!

Restless and land-weary, Slocum set sail again in 1909 and was never heard from. Those words proved prophetic in more ways than one. Also amazing was how in several places where he visited people seemed to already know he was on a world voyage, all in an age where communications were at snails pace with just postal delivery from place to pace (on horseback??).

No one had ever circumnavigated the globe alone until Slocum did it, and not many have done so since. Enlightening journey of the human experience, thank you Joshua, Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2017. Please try again.

179, 176). Of course the Spray did come back three years later, anchoring on June 27, 1898, in Newport, Rhode Island. Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail, The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic, The Complete Two Years Before the Mast: Illustrated Classic. Interesting info about sailing, the lingo, the challenge, the adventure, and what it's like from the first person to circumnavigate the planet, by 'Sailing Around the World'! Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015. Interesting info about sailing, the lingo, the challenge, the adventure, and what it's like from the first person to circumnavigate the planet, by 'Sailing Around the World'! He kept a journal of the experience and that was pretty much the sole basis of his book. "I made companions with what was around me."

Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. He presents himself as the real thing, an honest-to-goodness Yankee ship captain with a yarn to share and the salty language for telling it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2017. Enlightened world view not without it's occasional prejudices, but impressive nonetheless given that it is over 100 years back in time. No drawings of the Spray, no chart(s) to indicate the route, no photos and none of the delightful Fogarty illustrations that I have seen in other versions. Hats off to how he managed to keep the boat on the same track without steering for extraordinary distances and time lengths,several hundred miles and weeks, he accomplished by trimming and setting the sails to do was a testament of his experience and sailing abilities.
I found myself smiling and even laughing while reading it.

I recommend this book. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Portions of the book are frequently anthologized, and its durability has kept Slocum’s other extended sea narrative, Voyage of the Liberdade (1890), before the public as well. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2019.

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