capt joshua slocum was the first man to sail single handed around the world He was a washed up sailor ,and then one day he made a small boat out of a derelict hulk he called it the spray stocked it with food , no one believed him when he said he planned to sail alone around the world . and On April 24, 1895, at the age of 51, he departed Boston in his tiny sloop Spray and sailed around the world single-handed, a passage of 46,000 miles, returning to Newport, Rhode Island on June 27, 1898. His book, Sailing Alone Around the World, became an instant best seller. It has been translated into many languages, and is still in print today. In the fall of 1909, Captain Slocum left on a voyage to South America and was never heard from again. does doing something like capt slocum appeal to you do you feel the call of the south seas , what would you take, do you think you could stand the strain.
my father who has just died sailed around the world and he wanted me to sail to the south seas , it was his last wish I have inherited all his sea stuff his sea box, his sea bags, his sea boots, his old sea coat which is horsehide and catskin and the sorta coat that hasnt been made since before the last war ,this one is from world war one and will stand up on its own . also he left other sea related things ships wheels and such and the money to buy a boat or ship. I dont plan on going now, but am tempted to keep gear and go in the future , my old father ran away to sea during the war was a cabin boy was in the navy at 15 then rose up from a deck hand to first wireless officer . he sailed all around the world quite a few times Im slightly worried about drowning would do all training before hand, but it can still happen so that may be part reason for my delay as feel may be to young to drown
sounds very exciting, but i'd be too scared to do it, especially alone. maybe you should go with someone else. then they could save you from drowning.
I'd go and do it now if i were you but only if you have loads of sailing experience, no time like the present Can i come too?
