Joshua Slocum

I chanced upon a 44 minute film on YouTube featuring Joshua Slocum and his epic single-handed voyage around the world, and I recommend the film to readers of this blog. The film contains historical facts about Slocum not revealed in his famous book, ‘Sailing Alone Around the World’. 

Links

Joshua Slocum – Sailing Alone Around the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iciZer5cbJ8

Sailing Alone Around the World (The Book)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World

Sailing Alone Around the World (At Amazon UK for £9.99 – Kindle Edition £0.77)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sailing-Alone-Around-Joshua-Slocum/dp/0486203263

Solo Circumnavigation Record Attempts

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/#!/2009/10/solo-circumnavigation-record-attempts.html