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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. Starting from Boston , he cruised some 46,000 miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. "A timeless work that can be read again and again, and a story that totally absorbs the reader with its enormity and honest endeavor" -- RNSA Journal "One of the all-time sailing classics" -- Classic Boat
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Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone. Born April 20th 1844, he first went to sea in 1860. He sailed from Boston on April 24th, 1895, and by the time he dropped anchor in Rhode Island over three years later he had circumnavigated the world, a distance of 46,000 miles entirely by sail and entirely alone. He was lost at sea November 1909.
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