Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408187930
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
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

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472921925
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780246122070
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Slocum, a naturalized American, designed, built, provisioned, and skippered his small sloop, the Spray, around the world in 1895-1898. This book chronicles various facets of the voyage from technical specifics of the ship and supplies to accounts of the people and places Slocum visited along his 46,000-mile journey.

Sailing Alone Around the World Annotated

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World is a classic, beloved by sailors the world over who have enjoyed this engrossing tale of a man who sails around the world alone in a small wooden sailboat built with his own hands. This edition is thoroughly annotated by teacher/journalist Rod Scher, who provides explanation, commentary, clarification, and In the News sidebars for historical context that will make Slocum's masterpiece more accessible to today's readers, sailors and landlubbers alike.

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Den første enmandssejlads jorden rundt i årene 1895-1898

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas - the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable - and entertaining - travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on to join the ranks of the world's great circumnavigators - Magellan, Drake, and Cook. But by circling the globe without crew or consorts, Slocum would outdo them all: his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles remains unmatched in maritime history for its courage, skill, and determination.Sailing Alone around the World recounts Slocum's wonderful adventures: hair-raising encounters with pirates off Gibraltar and savage Indians in Tierra del Fuego; raging tempests and treacherous coral reefs; flying fish for breakfast in the Pacific; and a hilarious visit with fellow explorer Henry Stanley in South Africa. A century later, Slocum's incomparable book endures as one of the greatest narratives of adventure ever written.

Sailing Alone Around the World Illustrated

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Sailing Alone Around the World is Joshua Slocum's memoir about sailing alone around the world aboard his sloop, Spray. The book was an immediate success when it was first published in 1900 and was highly influential in inspiring later travelers to do the same.Slocum was a highly experienced navigator and ship owner. He rebuilt and refitted the derelict sloop Spray in a seaside pasture in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Between April 24, 1895, and June 27, 1898, Slocum, aboard Spray, crossed the Atlantic twice (to Gibraltar and back to South America), negotiated the Strait of Magellan, and crossed the Pacific. He also visited Australia and South Africa before crossing the Atlantic (for the third time) to return to Massachusetts after a journey of 46,000 miles.Filled with art, photographs, maps, artifacts, and period illustrations, this new edition will be popular with armchair travelers and maritime enthusiasts around the world. Included in this edition are excerpts from those who, inspired by Slocum, also circumnavigated the globe, as well as other well-known sailors, sailing enthusiasts, and sailing writers such as Henry Dana, Geoffrey Wolff, William F. Buckley, and Nathaniel Philbrick.

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353359901
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Sailing Alone Around the World

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781511800990
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
Support Struggle for Public Domain: like and share http://facebook.com/BookLiberationFront ''There is so much to this book that it is not surprising that it is has been continually in print since 1889 . . . this book has literary merit, thoughtful and beautifully written and packed with incident.'' --Nautical Magazine''An inspiration to many would-be adventurers.'' --Lloyd's List''[A] literate and absorbing yarn . . . A convincing tale of the intelligence, skill, and fortitude that drove a master navigator.'' --New York Times ''Surely one of the all-time classic sailing narratives, this is more than just an account of a fascinating and often arduous journey, it has also given rise to a mythology all its own.'' --Classic Boat ''Sailing Alone around the World could have been written yesterday. It flows free and easy and is filled with amusing anecdotes . . . Any sailor who loves the sea will be brought up short from time to time by the quiet eloquence of Slocum's writing.'' --Small Boat Journal

Reeds Nautical Almanac 2018

Author: Perrin Towler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472948009
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1208

Book Description
Available as an ebook, Reeds Nautical Almanac is provided in Web PDF (ePDF) format for viewing on all compatible devices (including tablets, laptop and desktop computers). Reeds Nautical Almanac is the indispensable trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters, and provides all the information required to navigate Atlantic coastal waters around the whole of the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the entire European coastline from the tip of Denmark right down to Gibraltar, Northern Morocco, the Azores and Madeira. The 2018 edition continues the Almanac's tradition of year on year improvement and meticulous presentation of all the data required for safe navigation. Now with an improved layout for easier reference and with over 45,000 annual changes, it is regarded as the bible of almanacs for anyone going to sea. The 2018 edition is updated throughout, containing over 45,000 changes, and includes: 700 harbour chartlets; tide tables and tidal streams; buoyage and lights; 7,500 waypoints; invaluable passage notes; distance tables; radio, weather and safety information; first aid section. The ebook incorporates the Reeds Marina Guide. Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac.co.uk