"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
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I have the book, and the copy I own I bought at a yard sale. It must have
been a first printing ..

Yes, Joshua Slocum's trip was eventful. And not everything went as
planned.

But when you think of how simple his rig was, how little he had in
equipment, and yet he sailed around the world!

Skip has all these fancy doo dads. He is always posting about something
breaking. Heck, most of the stuff he is fixing, I've never seen.

It was just a thought. I'm sure Captain Slocum would have all the doo
dads if he were alive today.

And they would probably have broken down just as often. And just think what
a short book it would be if they didn't...."I sailed around the world, the
winds were good and the boat and equipment functioned just fine. The End"
:-)


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Chris, West Cork, Ireland.
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