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Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone. The book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring later travelers.
In his famous book, Sailing Alone Around the World, [19] now considered a classic of travel literature, he described his departure in the following manner: I had resolved on a voyage around the world, and as the wind on the morning of April 24, 1895 was fair, at noon I weighed anchor, set sail, and filled away from Boston, where the Spray had ...
Robin Lee Graham (born March 5, 1949) is an American sailor.He set out to sail around the world alone as a teenager in the summer of 1965. National Geographic magazine carried the story in installments (October 1968, April 1969, October 1970), and he co-wrote a book, titled Dove, detailing his journey.
Pages in category "Sailing books" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Sailing Alone Around the World; Sailing Directions; The Sea-Wolf;
In a growing gale, seven days out, his vessel was badly holed by an unknown object during a night storm, and became swamped, although it did not sink outright due to the watertight compartments Callahan had designed into the boat. In his book, Callahan writes that he suspects the damage occurred from a collision with a whale. [2] [3]
Lady Harvey on Loch Goil.An illustration of Cowper's yacht, by the author, from his book Jack-All-Alone.. Francis Cowper (14 January 1849 [1] [note 1] – 28 May 1930) [3] was an English single-handed yachtsman, explorer, author, illustrator, artist, and journalist who was influential in popularizing single-handed cruising. [3]
Voyage of Joshua – "The long route". Discussions between Moitessier and his friends Bill King and Loïck Fougeron about a solo non-stop trip around the world came to the notice of Robin Knox-Johnston who also started preparations before the Sunday Times offered their Golden Globe award for the first to circumnavigate alone, nonstop, and unassisted, and for the fastest elapsed time.
In November 2014, Dekker's book One Girl, One Dream was published. [65] On 20 February 2015, she obtained a Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate (also becoming the youngest person to do so in the process). [66] She has been working towards doing long-distance educational sailings with children. She founded Laura Dekker World Sailing Foundation. [67]