The adventure of Joshua Slocum, this old sea wolf, began on an April morning in 1895 in Boston, when the veteran captain of commercial sailing ships boarded the Spray, an old eleven-meter vessel that he had rebuilt himself, having made the decision to sail around the world alone.
The audacious odyssey lasted almost three years, three years during which the Spray and its captain often faced danger and tested their endurance harshly. However, with patience, determination, and his vast sailing experience, Slocum ultimately accomplished what everyone thought was impossible.
The assault he endured from pirates off the coast of Gibraltar, the fierce storms in the Strait of Magellan, the currents and tidal waves outside the wild shores of Patagonia, and the terrible cyclone that struck him near New York, are just some of the adventures that Slocum vividly brings to life on the page with his unpretentious and vivid pen.
In a narrative infused with his unique humor and the stoicism of a man who learned one thing in his life: to respect the sea and read its signs correctly, overcoming every obstacle with the deep belief that "the seas were made to be sailed."
