5/8/2023 0 Comments Slocum sail around the world![]() ![]() I like to think of Slocum's lifelong commitment, his sense of pursuit and faithfulness to calling, his refusal to quit his chosen profession-whether from devotion, habit, stubbornness, Or poor judgment-his determination to go on sailing even when the age of sail was closing down and new technologies were driving the tall‐masted ships from the seas. ![]() Now in a manner of speaking with the books closed, what do I like to remember? I've been reading and rereading Slocum's accounts of his voyages, researching his life story, and thinking and writing about him for 20 years. For the first time a man had sailed around the world alone. When on the morning of Jhe brought his 37‐foot sloop Spray into harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, he completed a feat of seamanship never before accomplished. ![]() all great American sailing ship captains, Joshua SloCum is the most legendary. ![]()
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