He spent a total of $553.62 and transferred all of his experience to the refitting of the boat.Īfter repairing the boat, he tried to go fishing for a while. Eventually, the boat was completely refitted and renewed. For 13 months, he felled trees with his axe and used them for parts. Still, he was persuaded to repair the 37ft sloop, named Spray. When he arrived at the pier where the ship was, he saw a small neglected boat and considered it just a bad joke. Global Solo Challenge - photo © New Bedford Whaling Museum Then one day a friend came to Fairhaven, and said: "I found a ship for you". At the beginning of his book, he says that when the last ship he was captain of for years was scrapped, he felt empty for a while. The language of the book is simple and the narration is so fluent that it makes the reader feel like he is travelling onboard Spray. He published his story in a book titled Sailing Alone Around The World. He became the first sailor to cruise around the world, alone, onboard his sailboat Spray at the end of the 19th century. He was a captain for years, travelling to China, Australia, Japan, and Alaska. Captain Slocum grew up in a family of sailors and became a seafarer at a young age. One of the books I read is the story of Captain Slocum. Unfortunately, I have not been able to cross any ocean yet under sail, but there is a route I would like to follow one day and ports I want to visit. Since the age of 15, when I chose sailing as my profession, I have worked in different positions, from washing sails to managing a whole warship. So, I studied the oceans and islands on world maps, then dreamed of the days I would go to those places. That novel made me curious about the world. Stevenson's Treasure Island when I was ten years old. If Homo Sapiens, the last surviving human race, has now spread to all continents, it is also thanks to intercontinental sea voyages. Specialised knowledge made it possible to navigate farther with the never-ending development of seafaring vessels. Somehow, men jumped on the first basic rafts and started to navigate. It was either the quest for food supplies or running away from the enemy. For millennia, the ocean has been a gateway to new worlds, the starting point of journeys towards the unknown.
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