The Spray's dimensions were, when finished, thirty-six feet nine inches long, over all, fourteen feet two inches wide, and four feet two inches deep in the hold, her tonnage being nine tons net and twelve and seventy-one hundredths tons gross.
Captain Joshua Slocum
The Spray
The Spray is by far the best known of all Captain Joshua Slocum's ships. In this boat he undertook his famous voyage, the very first single-handed circumnavigation.
The Spray was an old fishing boat that he rebuilt in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He spent thirteen months of labor and $553.62 for materials. She was a sloop-rigged 36'9" boat.
The Spray Boston
This adventure is best described in Captain Joshua Slocum's book Sailing Alone Around the World
(amazon affiliate link) first published in 1899. You can learn more about Joshua Slocum by reading these posts:
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