: Joshua Slocum’s 39-foot sailboat “Spray” he built for his circumnavigation
: around the world “Sailing Alone Around the World” in the 1890’s proved
: itself to be a really great boat in all kinds of weather. I used to
: daydream about building this boat.

: John

Hi John,

From all I've read, they say the Spray was a fairly awful boat with a gifted skipper. Slocum was a professional captain with many years experience before his fortunes changed and he set off. Also the boat was, as I remember, abandoned and he rebuilt it.

Bill H.