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Joshua Slocum''s epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the thirty-seven-foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of single-handed voyaging and has since been the inspiration for the many who have gone to sea in small boats.

Starting from Boston in 1895 and dropping anchor in Newport, Rhode Island, over three years after his journey began, Slocum cruised some forty-six thousand miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. Slocum''s account of his voyage is a classic of sailing literature, acclaimed as an unequaled masterpiece of vital yet disciplined prose--here in a new edition for all admirers of his legendary achievement.



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Yes, Slocum's journey was 'epic' but it was also eccentric, unlikely and his unsurpassable action elegiac...The unaffected and quirky intimacy with which he writes will never be matched. You cannot do what he did any more. * Matthew Parris *
Boys who do not like this book ought to be drowned at once. * Arthur Ransome *
One of the best sea-themed reads. * Daily Telegraph *
It is riveting stuff... A great read. * The Nautical Magazine *
One of the all-time classic sailing narratives. * Classic Boat *

Sailing Alone Around the World Adlard Coles

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      Publisher Adlard Coles Nautical
      Published 13 August 2015
      ISBN-13 9781472921918
      978-1472921918
      ISBN-10 1472921917
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Joshua Slocum''s epic solo voyage around the world in 1895 in the thirty-seven-foot sloop Spray stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. It remains one of the major feats of single-handed voyaging and has since been the inspiration for the many who have gone to sea in small boats.

      Starting from Boston in 1895 and dropping anchor in Newport, Rhode Island, over three years after his journey began, Slocum cruised some forty-six thousand miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. Slocum''s account of his voyage is a classic of sailing literature, acclaimed as an unequaled masterpiece of vital yet disciplined prose--here in a new edition for all admirers of his legendary achievement.



      Trade Review
      Yes, Slocum's journey was 'epic' but it was also eccentric, unlikely and his unsurpassable action elegiac...The unaffected and quirky intimacy with which he writes will never be matched. You cannot do what he did any more. * Matthew Parris *
      Boys who do not like this book ought to be drowned at once. * Arthur Ransome *
      One of the best sea-themed reads. * Daily Telegraph *
      It is riveting stuff... A great read. * The Nautical Magazine *
      One of the all-time classic sailing narratives. * Classic Boat *

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