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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!morrow.stanford.edu!oas!francis
- From: francis@oas.stanford.edu (Francis Muir)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: Coyote spotted, now safety at sea
- Date: 27 Dec 1992 23:09:42 GMT
- Organization: Stanford Exploration Project
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- RFLOOD writes:
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- Has anyone else been struck by how casual Slocum was about
- sailing single handed around the world - at least, in his
- own writings. His attitude seems to have been, get in the
- boat and go. A few lbs of food, some water, and a sextant
- and alarm clock with one hand......quite enough. Was the
- "Spray" exceptionally seaworthy, and did he rely on his good
- fortune and experience more than a modern sailor would ?
-
- Any other Joshua Slocum fans care to expand on this theme ?
-
- To me, the quote that sums up Josh Slocum is the following:
-
- "And suddenly I remembered that I could not swim."
-
- Cap'n Fido
-