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Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 5

May 20, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Sailing from Gibraltar with the assistance of her Majesty's tug — The Spray's course changed from the Suez Canal to Cape Horn — Chased by a Moorish pirate — A comparison with Columbus — The Canary Islands-The Cape Verde Islands — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Boating Tales Tagged With: cruising, Singlehanding, Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 4

May 19, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Squally weather in the Azores — High living — Delirious from cheese and plums — The pilot of the Pinta — At Gibraltar — Compliments exchanged with the British navy — A picnic on the Morocco shore. I set sail from Horta … [Read more...]

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Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 3

May 18, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Buy The Book! Good-by to the American coast — Off Sable Island in a fog — In the open sea — The man in the moon takes an interest in the voyage — The first fit of loneliness — The Spray encounters La Vaguisa — A bottle of … [Read more...]

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Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 2

May 17, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Failure as a fisherman — A voyage around the world projected — From Boston to Gloucester — Fitting out for the ocean voyage — Half of a dory for a ship's boat — The run from Gloucester to Nova Scotia — A shaking up in home … [Read more...]

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Sailing Alone Around the World – Chapter 1

May 16, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Buy The Book! A blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities — Youthful fondness for the sea — Master of the ship Northern Light — Loss of the Aquidneck — Return home from Brazil in the canoe Liberdade — The gift of a "ship" — … [Read more...]

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Sailing Alone Around the World

May 15, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

By Joshua Slocum Table of Contents CHAPTER I A blue-nose ancestry with Yankee proclivities — Youthful fondness for the sea — Master of the ship Northern Light — Loss of the i — Return home from Brazil in the canoe Liberdade — The gift of a … [Read more...]

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Small Boat Sailing (Part 2) by Jack London

May 4, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

Books from Amazon Small Boat Sailing Small-Boat Sailing — Part Two By Jack London At last, after many narrow escapes from complete swamping, the fishermen got into action. All hands tailed on to the anchor and hove it up. For'ard, as the … [Read more...]

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Small Boat Sailing by Jack London

May 3, 2007 By Sonja Ray Leave a Comment

Books from Amazon Small Boat Sailing Small-Boat Sailing By Jack London A sailor is born, not made. And by "sailor" is meant, not the average efficient and hopeless creature who is found to-day in the forecastle of deepwater ships, but the man … [Read more...]

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Starting with the little two-person inflatable raft I had as my very first boat, I have always loved the freedom and the feeling of being out on the water. With my father's help, I added a hard plywood floor to that little inflatable, and that was the beginning of a long chain of boats I have owned, loved, maintained, modified, fixed, enjoyed, and scared myself to death on over the past few decades. [Read More …]

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