http://livesaildie.com/2006/11/09/i-wanna-be-like-my-hero/ Sailing is our Drug Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://livesaildie.com/2006/11/09/i-wanna-be-like-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-3408 Tillerman Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:51:46 +0000 http://livesaildie.com/2006/11/i-wanna-be-like-my-hero/#comment-3408 Johnsee Johnsee

]]> http://livesaildie.com/2006/11/09/i-wanna-be-like-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 Charles Thrasher Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:26:18 +0000 http://livesaildie.com/2006/11/i-wanna-be-like-my-hero/#comment-3401 That would be Joshua Slocum. He managed to sail solo around the world in an old boat he salvaged from a field, without special equipment, without endorsement, and without money. It was an incredible feat of seamanship accomplished for no purpose other than his own sense of adventure and enjoyment. The man sailed around The Horn by himself at a time when the Fuegans were still pirates! You gotta love it. That would be Joshua Slocum. He managed to sail solo around the world in an old boat he salvaged from a field, without special equipment, without endorsement, and without money. It was an incredible feat of seamanship accomplished for no purpose other than his own sense of adventure and enjoyment. The man sailed around The Horn by himself at a time when the Fuegans were still pirates! You gotta love it.

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