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Sailing Alone Around The World
by J(oshua) Slocum
trip completed before 1900
(as one visiting Lady suggested
he be at Paris Expo in 1900)
An eBook,
though there are audio, etc formats
available at least one nearby library
system...
Body
Original Text
Along with
VendeeGlobe2020
a race around the world,
running concurrently to reading
this, btw,
and it turns out down time,
mostly autosteering,
lashing the wheel/tiller,
although used another term,
Spray, his personally rebuilt
oyster boat, rather old
and a carcass (sp?)
pretty much donated to him,
by an old local captain,
perhaps as a bet?
and added about $500
(a lot back then) to rebuild,
spent the off season winter
getting his life back in order,
having made a mess of it,
perhaps crashing a boat,
idk, he had sea experience
working his way up on
other's ships, and commanding
his own, but with crew,
perhaps starting in Merchant Marines
or before that working in the galley,
i recall and leaving his abusive
father, he hated being in the
cobbler shop working on shoes,
iirc, and when his father smashed
his model boat he had built,
that was it, at 15 or so years old,
off he went...
Like joining the Navy
but working on ships,
and getting away...
Odd just before 1900 language,
some nautical terms,
names for things not used to,
but an eBook
(viewing in browser)
can look up
(with highlight and define),
some the software may find,
places i don't know of,
besides what i've seen on
sailing YouTube channels
and now VendeeGlobe2020
having gotten the app working,
kinda, likely a VirtualRegatta2020
page ahead...
Racing is not cruising/ touring,
he takes a tow into harbor,
(Place an American did that
in a previous
VendeeGlobe2020
saving his ship and
disqualifying himself,
told the truth
finished the course,
and got a heros
welcome in France at finish)
doesn't have an engine,
see wrecks, storms,
wildlife, savages
trying to steal/ kill/
especially in the Straights
of Megellan (correct name?
seems more Spanish/
(Tierra de Fuego?)
South American)
politics, Spanish War
starting as he returns...
He liked the islands,
set course and sailed
straight, navigating by dead
reconning (sp?),
adjusted for current,
saved a ships log,
got mostly comped /
free room, board, supplies/repairs,etc
at ports once underway,
as into the service of others,
learned of letters of introduction,
carried mail between some islands,
given and bought supplies,
fixed his own boat,
running aground sometimes,
nearly losing it several,
but generally happy with the
work he did on it,
storms tattering his sails,
his boom and mast broke,
made an aft sail, more of a
modified yawl than the sloop
she started out as,
reefing the sail down to 3
many times, bare poles other
to ride out storms,
some upon back home
hit New York and destroyed a lot,
tried 7? times to get through
the Straights, blown back,
savages, shot at, tacks on the deck,
and eventually bartering,
then salvaging from
crashed ship(s) after
and
visiting grave sites,
of Columbus,
meeting presidential
ChurchHill (when ambassador?)
mentioned,
Lady Stevenson (author's wife?),
basically royalty
and those that took over
islands brought 40 native
women and found that his
brother Boss? had already
thought of the same thing,
Robinson Caruso (sp?)
and Darwin's the Beagle
more literary than many,
doing tours, attending parties,
hosted by most,
and too dangerous to stop other
places, a stove in his cabin/salon
given a better one later,
served him well,
trying to provision, a clock
he bought for a pound,
since the face was cracked
or something,
talked down from a pound and
a half...
Adventures,
cultures,
Africa,
Cape Horn,
and other places i don't know
as well
he doesn't take the Vendee
course, which seems like
mostly the Southern Ocean,
turns out renamed, and
changes to maps in modern times,
the South Pacific, down to
AntiArtica (sp?)
waking to fly fish landing
on his deck, breakfast
to be sure,
terns (birds) greeting him
as he approaches land,
guiding him in many times,
dolphins, sharks some he kills,
goes non violent in the straights,
already a barren type environment
and enough death all around,
tries a goat on board,
previously a Boston spider,
finding a mate
(they don't get along)
a couple of rats,
and shunning a dog,
but the goat eats his map,
lines/ rope/cordage, etc
and off at the next port,
some crickets, don't fare
well either, and mutiny/
cannibalism (sp?) if he eats
his crew/companions,
health and quarantine,
encountered, as well as
health officials,
gets mighty sick on some
plums and get spoiled
traded/ bested by some
foods he stores,
finds tallow,
kills a shark,
argues with a kid
who claims his boat,
he off doing other things,
while trying to get it back,
barters a biscuit / cookie,
for some milk, eggs, etc,
finding markers and
fighting savages/ natives/
similar to American Indians/
in Central/South America,
mostly the
Straights, but Muslim
in Gibralter (sp?),
encounters many other cultures,
Australian aboriginal (sp?),
African, (pirates)
novice sailors, refusing help,
left to their own devices
/Spoiler lose their ship,
but their lives spared,
many aren't so lucky
and prognosticators say
things like it can't be done,
single handing / solo sailing
not much on the radar (Even
the concept not really there yet)
so to speak...
Fighting Flat Earthers (sp?)
even then, someone who had
sailed most of the world,
but academic arguments,
British argue with sailors
humors, lighthouse operators,
signalling ( bored/ lonely? )
and wishing him well,
news reports of coming into port,
brought on speaking engagements,
and donations,
interest from the young ladies,
too, some gaggle, asking their
auntie can they go for a sail,
only if auntie goes along,
repaying their hospitality
by tour boat like operations,
thinking they would get sea
sick, but not the case,
someone sent to check on them,
camping on the deck,
a shade/ cover made of
something, and swimming
natives, burly in/unhospitable (sp?)
ports/ low ranking officers
(happened to have been black),
no maps there, not quarantine,
so kept going, others 'tender',
writing glowing reviews of
islands, and countries
nice to the travelers and
hospitable, some earning
his way out with the lecture
circuit, as it were...
And I'm repeating myself,
he had likely said his story many
times reviewing the log
and writing from that,
saying both the good and bad,
dangerous and fun,
and many times inventing
ways, or repeating
(like the carpet tacks)
ways of survival...
Modified Text
What's Missing?
researching the copies of Spray
that have cropped up over the century
What Can Be Found?
more adventures,
by the same author
and others
many historical ones noted
in the text
What Can Not Be Found?
wherewithall (sp?)
to do it myself?
How To Analyze?
Lenses
Noob
Boats?
no motor?
Steamers coming on line,
replacing whalers,
and sailing in its decline,
and old school chap,
as it were, making it
46k mile (naut?)
around the globe in
3-4? years?
having stayed months
off course/ waiting for
a good time to do the
Cape Horn, etc,
retrying the Straights,
time and time again,
making little headway
some times,
repairs, getting sick
and skinny, attacked by
predators: pirates/ savages/
natives, sharks, waves,
storms: gales, etc
the things of adventure,
and escapism,
many times like
Jimmy Buffett,
MargarittaVille
with some rum, women,
song, and talking to self,
lest he lose his voice
he learns early on,
befriending wildlife,
becoming one with nature,
even a sea in her moods,
as he says/ mentioned,
and comes out the other
end 10 years younger,
he thinks...
Kids
Some good interactions
with kids of various ages,
on the islands and off...
Racers
Stop?
Why do that?
Didn't they have foils?
Why not?
Flying
Certainly faster?
But where/how to land?
On water?
Pontoon boats
SeaPlanes not really exist,
sailing was as close as they
got, afaict...
Natives/Savages
Perhaps like gang members
today just trying to survive,
right?
Dis/Dys
he seems to have some disability
perhaps losing part of a hand
on previous adventures/ service...
General Public
Why would anyone do that?
Assumptions
Would have thought from
some WikiPedia this would
be the marrying book,
but guess that was before
or after?
Panama Canal (started during the
book time) must shorten things
a lot, but missing continents that way,
but at least the Cape(s)...
Time Limits
eBook return,
despite other things to do,
SardineLandExtortionAndTorture2020
Seasonal
Cape Horn, etc passage
in good weather,
summer there, winter Northern
HemiSphere
(see Sphere, not flat,
despite Mercadian (sp?)?
(flattened) maps)....
Reading time:
only a few days,
slow to start
then deadline to return
(electronically disappears?)
library staff mentioned
cache and buffering
keep the browser open/ device
laptop on, and
might get a few more days?)
total, but about all i did
during that time...
How time is kept across
time zones/ latitudes/
longitudes
for each 40Minutes longitude?
= 1 hour difference?
Celestial Navigation
North Star
Southern Cross
Noon Time
might be good to learn...
Chronometer...
Error analysis
off by miles,
miss a needed island...
Dead Reconning
Book Data
see data elsewhere?
add link from
VendeeGlobe2020
and pull LOC.gov
MARC data from that?
ProjectGuttenBerg (sp?)
has it, for free
this checkout
a library Duke Classics
copy...
ISBN(s) per formats
eBook Bound
CopyRight yep way back
and expired so see GuttenBurg
project of out of date/print
classics...
411 eBook Pages
No Index
Links
VirtualRegatta2020
SailingAloneAroundTheWorldByJSlocum2020
VendeeGlobe2020
DisAbledGlassCeiling2020
SVDelos2018
AroundTheWorldOnTwoWheelsByPeterZheutlin
BicycleAroundTheWorldByLindaSvendsen2017
AYearSleepingInTheTub2017
/Go(Fly?)Fish
many more links may relate
as over 800 here?
some relevance may be
determined by others...
My clever page names may not
help and may not even stay on
topic, so to speak/type/write...
Y(M|NautM|KM)MV
Conclusion
Summary of experience or similar
Good to read, other things
going on and an escape from
some other things...
Had thought he had ghostwriting
help on the story/ writing,
but maybe not, time to develop
over the years, and told verbally
on speakers circuit like,
comparing with others,
developing and wording,
he didn't write it at see,
afaict, reading others then...
Discussion
A place for feedback on the page presented
What adventures have you had?
Going to a new store?
Taking the Road Less Traveled?
Been to Sea?
On Water?
Lake?
Pond?
Pool?
Can Swim?
Turns out he can't...
like fishermen, seem to know
whats down there,
and like bicyclists, walking
is a failure, at times,
cross training others,
getting weak at sea,
walking up the mountain
to be entertained/entertaining,
not at peace with the navy
man and carriage sent
to pick him up, befriends him,
perhaps instead of throwing off
the mountain like the livestock
seem too...
What aloneness can you tolerate?
What helps?
Hinders?
Solitary or Mutiny?
Which is best?
For Whom?
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