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Nel 1895 Joshua Slocum partì da Boston con la barca a vela di legno che aveva restaurato in tre anni di duro lavoro personale. Non sapeva esattamente quale sarebbe stata la sua meta, sapeva solo che aveva voglia di tornare a solcare i grandi spazi degli oceani del mondo. E che voleva farlo da solo. Dopo tre anni e due mesi gettò l'ancora nel porto di Newport: aveva compiuto la prima circumnavigazione del mondo a vela e in solitario. L'ormai leggendaria navigazione dello Spray ha inaugurato l'età d'oro della vela e della navigazione oceanica in solitario, e da oltre cinquant'anni ispira generazioni di velisti di tutto il mondo.
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- Pagine: 240
- Data di uscita: 30-04-2014
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Check out how awesome this Joshua Slocum dude is. He's old, he's on a boat, he's got a badass straw hat. He doesn't care that he looks like a doofus with it on, which makes him that much cooler. He was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone (and that means to sail all the way around it,
In a word, this book is delightful . The author, Joshua Slocum, did something truly remarkable. He was the first human being to ever sail alone around the world. Yet, perhaps the best part of this story is his style of presentation. Slocum is laid back, self-effacing, and actually quite funny. Some o Leggi tutto
This was one of the most influential books that I have ever read. I read it while still in my teens. Growing up in a seafaring (Naval) family I was able to sail from age eight. At eighteen, when other teens were looking for their first car, I bought (from an eighty-two year old widow) my first yacht Leggi tutto
This used to be required reading for Massachusetts high school students. Joshua Slocum was the first to sail solo around the world. Still crazy to this day. The story was great in detail and local interest for the places it dealt with. I love Slocum's writing at points, but like Moby Dick, at other
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