From books - The sea turns blue: Joshua Slocham is the first solo circumnavigator around the world.

THE SEA IS BLUE...                            

 Joshua Slocham - the first circumnavigator    
   Lone Sailor (Part 1)       
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P. Heaton [11.9 kV]

Farm on Briers Island         
  Cabin - sailor - captain. Shipbuilder  
    Sloop "Spray". From Boston to Gloucester    

among the seafarers who, in obedience
unknown call, made single
around the world travel on small craft
 dah, the place of honor belongs to
Captain Joshua Slocham.  He was the first to
sewed such a swim. Many other examples
perseverance and courage combined with mastery
causes our admiration, but the swimming
Captain Slocham's voice stands out from all,
for he did it for the first time.                
 "Around the world alone" - this is the name
publication of his book, first published in
1900  This is truly a classic pro-
production. Take a position that no one
can't disputeallowed Slocham not
only that he was the first.  He was
endowed with the gift of excellent description of his
adventures, thoughts and observations. And it's unlikely
there are equals to him in this among writers -
lei-sailors. But the most interesting thing in the book is
the personality of the author himself.  Expert in his re-
Mesla, although he was a modest man,
but greedy for everything that came along the way
ty - be it joy or anxiety.        
  "Around the World Alone" is a book that...
paradise, perhaps to a greater extent than ka-
any other, encouraged people to try
happiness at sea.  Moreover, those who do not
looks forward to traveling further
than, say, from the Solent to Poole Harbour,
I can read it and dream.  This book is not
an integral part of any good library
ki.                                       
  Who was the person who wrote it?
His portrait can be sketched in general terms.
tah, having studied the main events of his life,
so full of adventure that the story of
it reads like a novel, and captivating at that.
great novel!                                

 * * *                  

  Captain Joshua Slocham was born in 1844.
du in Nova Scotia and was a descendant of the sea-
moves, although his father ran the farm.
At the age of eight he began working for his father
what farm on Briers Island, and it’s impossible not tobe surprised that the person who received
such a meager education, learned to write
so good, so expressive and clear.  He
was well aware of the inadequacy of his
education and noted in the book that he wrote
her "hand, which, alas, is more accustomed to
sextant than to the pen."                    
 Of course, captains of sailing ships must
make regular entries in the logbook
nale, which accustoms them to simplicity of style and
brevity.  But this is only half the volume
clarification.                                  
  Much time has passed since then, but we
still amazes the amazing observer -
the dignity of this wonderful sailor, moreover
but modest, perfectly knowing his
business and, most importantly, having a sense of humor
ra.  All these are undoubted signs of talent.
His book is full of mocking and funny jokes.
Mekov.                                    
  Life was not easy for Joshua as a child. Working
on his father's farm, he dreamed of the sea and ships
Lyakh and spent all his free time in the wild
de.  His father did not approve of his passion for the sea.
One day (Joshua was 12 years old at the time) his father
discovered that his son, instead of
working, making a model of a sailboat. lovingly
the craft made was broken into
pieces, and Joshua received a thorough thrashing
ku.  Slocham ran away from home: the farm was lost
worker, and the world has gainedsailor But it seems
the same that he was not offended by his father, because
at the beginning of the book he writes: "My father was like that
a man who, if he finds himself in an uninhabited
on the island, would be able to return home,
if only he had a folding knife and some other
some tree at hand.  He surpassed
was well versed in the courts, but the old clay
bit hut and farm he had
misfortune to inherit, like an anchor,
held him back."                          

 * * *                  

  Joshua Slocham managed to get a seat
cabin boy (sometimes he also worked as a cook) at the fishery
fishing boat sailing in the Bay of Fundy. On
he never returned to the farm.                     
  By the age of 17, as a sailor, he managed
cross the Atlantic on a direct ship
weapons. But what else was waiting for him! Vsko-
re he ended up on board an English ship,
going to China. Now Slocham is finally
but linked his fate with the sea. Is it an attack?
fever detained him in Batavia, but after
for some time he was already on the crew of the steamship
progress of "Sausha".  On this ship he many times
sailed in the waters of the Far East.  Familiar
he also had the formidable Cape Horn: he was twice
he was balled on English courts.  At 18 he
already held the position of second navigator.   
  He began commanding the ship in 1869,when he turned 25 years old.  It was
schooner sailing from Seattle to San Francisco
and back.  According to our information, it bears
transported grain and coal, but most likely
it was a grain carrier that was adapted for
transportation of coal, when its holds became impenetrable
suitable for transporting grain.  Year
Slocham later commanded the barque Washington
tone", which was an increase: "Washington"
transported general cargo to Australia. Special
he was supposed to take a regular flight from Sydney
head to Alaska.  The circumstance is
very significant. "Washington" was carrying construction
body materials intended for
construction of fishing boats.               
  Previously, when Slocham served a fishmonger
Serving plants on the Pacific coast
North America, he himself designed and
built a small ship.  Slocham went to
it was there for a whole season, and then sold it at a profit.
This proves that both design and quality
the buildings were good.  That's why
the owners of "Washington" and sent the young
th sailor to Alaska to lead there
work. The experience acquired by Slocham is approx.
came in handy later, when he
took up the construction of the ship, enough
durable and seaworthy so that it can be used
was to travel around the world. B
Sydney Slocham got married and his wife accompanied him
him to Alaska.  During the transition the bark did not
once I was caught in a strong storm, andend
he ended up washed ashore. The ship came
else left. But Slocham did not want to give up -
Xia. Having removed the necessary equipment from the bark,
he first of all built temporary housing
for the team. With the help of local residents in-
Deytsev built a 10-meter whaling boat
and, using it and two smaller bots,
whale hunting was successful during the last season.        
  Later Slocham on the barquentine "Constitute"
South" went from San Francisco to Australia and
to the Pacific Islands. She belonged
to the same shipowners as the ill-fated
"Washington".  Therefore, the owners were
thought highly of Slocham and did not consider him
responsible for the death of the barque.                  

 * * *                  

  In 1873, Slocham again became a su-
completionist. When Slocham was in command of the bar-
com "Benjamin Eimard", the owners sold the ship -
but he also found himself out of work. Settling in Manila,
he met a certain Mr. Jackso-
nom, ship designer. Slocham, looking for
finished the job, agreed to build a ship according to
Jackson's drawings.  He got to work with
his characteristic businesslike manner.            
  Having cleared an area in the jungle, he built
house: he needed a comfortable home - from a non-
he had a wife and children. Taking care of your own
loved ones, he began building the ship. Local
the residents were friendly towards Slochamand
helped him, which could not be said about
Chinese shipbuilders who lived to the north.
Upon learning that the “stranger” had snatched it from under them
nose profitable in a row, they disliked him and
were going to destroy a makeshift shipyard
Slocham.  They could do this if
if not the locals - with their help Slocham
repelled two attacks.  Vessel built
for Jackson, managed to launch in
term.                                     
  In addition to the money, Slocham received the schooner "Pa-
then" with a displacement of 90 tons.  Commanding "Pa-
then," he embarked on an adventure worthy
adventure novel, - headed towards
North Danger Reef, located 400
miles from the coast.  There is relatively little
An English barque sank in great depths.
The group that chartered the Pato knew that
There is valuable cargo in the holds of the barque.  But
treasure hunters were out of luck. True, for
the sunken ship was found, but when
work began, the barque slid off the reef and sank
ran to a considerable depth.            
  Slocham changed more than one ship.  But please
Luy, the best of the ships he commanded
shaft, there was a "Northern Light" - amazingly beautiful
gray ship with direct weapons (Slocham
was actually its co-owner).  Then
the small bark "Aquidneck", about which he
wrote:  "...a small barque that seemed to me
the most perfect creation of human hands -
kih; ata good wind costs him nothing -
It was easy to overtake a steamer." Off the coast of Brazil
the ship was shipwrecked, but Slocham
escaped and built "Liberdade" - a small
7.5-meter vessel, which was equipped as
Chinese sampan.  In the book "Swimming
<>" he wrote that this is  "the most
the most convenient weapon in the world."               
 On his unusual ship, Slocham returned
to Boston;  to this transition American
the newspapers showed very great interest.
However, fame could not give him the only
something he wanted - a captain's duty
ness. In the 90s of the last century, captain
It was not so easy to find a job.  And so
Now our story begins.       

 * * *                  

  Slocham had been hanging out on the shore for two years,
when they offered him a fairly shabby one,
old age  sloop "Spray"  length
10.5 meters. This sloop, covered with a tarpaulin,
stood on supports in Fairhaven, showing
The battle is quite a pitiful sight.              
  According to the terms, Slocham was to
help equip the "Spray" and lower it to
water.  But when he came to Feyherven and
saw the ship, he, according to him, understood
whatthe friend who handed him this trough,
laughs at him. It turned out that the vessel was simply
stood for more than 7 years and turned, according to
society, into ruin.                      
  However, Slocham knew that the one laughing was the one who
had the last laugh, and immediately began to re-
mont.  Moreover, with what zeal and determination
ness:  "...I cut down a strong oak tree that grew
nearby to carve a keel out of it.."
Slocham built conscientiously and diligently.
No one knew better than him how important
body strength;  No wonder the whaler captains,
came from New Bedford to see
see how things are going with him, highly appreciated
his work.  The materials cost Slocham 553
dollar, and construction took a year and one
month.                                    
  During the first navigation, Slocham was engaged in fishing
business, but never stopped dreaming about
ocean voyages and distant countries.  B
difference from circumnavigators,
who "intended to first go to the wrong
far away, and only then decide on a longer
body swimming", he planned to go right away
around the world. Considering that there is still
no one has traveled around the world
viya alone, everything becomes obvious
the courage and determination of this man.      
  In 1895 he made the transition from Bosnia and Herzegovina to
tone to Gloucester, wheresupplemented the equipment of the court-
on.  He described his arrival at Gloucester harbor
masterfully.  He had never before
I had to enter the port alone. Slocham
was on full course, and the wind was up to
freely fresh: white was torn from the crests of the waves
lambs A schooner was sailing nearby with naked
masts, and the other had most of it torn off
canvas. The quayside was crowded with Gloucester
fishermen who followed the actions of the alien.
To avoid hitting the pier to which
his ship rushed swiftly, Slocham
rushed to the bow and removed the jib. The ship is
hour resulted in the wind and, of course, weakened
progress was slow. According to Slocham,"the sloop touched-
squeezing the walls so carefully that...
I would also fork eggshells."  Slocham knew
that he is being watched by the most skilled people in the world
the sailors did not want to lose face. A
when moored, I could not pronounce and
words, he was so tired.                      
  Anyone who has ever tried to enter
harbor a heavy yacht 10 meters long at
strong tailwind and waves - and Slo-
whoever succeeded knows what it takes
requires extensive experience and remarkable ma-
treachery. But the captain writes about this simply and
modestly is a sure sign of a real person
century, appearing on every page of it
books, and reading them gives us a special
getting along.
THE SEA IS BLUE...                            

 Joshua Slocham - the first circumnavigator    
   Lone Sailor (Part 2)       
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P. Heaton [15.9 kV]

Across the Atlantic              

In the end, Slocham, having done all the necessary
smoky preparations,  July 2  left
Yarmouth with the intention of crossing the Atlantic
 chelic ocean. We will follow him too.   
"I stowed the entire load securely: after all, I
A stormy Atlantic Ocean awaited.  Then
lowered the topmast to increase stability
ness of the ship, and secured it on the deck.  Then
selected and re-secured the halyards, made sure
strength of bowsprit fastening and lashing
little guy, because even in summer you can be in the ocean
get caught in a storm.                          
 And indeed, it has already been stormy for several
weeks, but on July 1 after a strong nor'wester
she blew a smooth tailwindthe wind that promised
the ship is running well.  The next day, when
the oncoming excitement subsided, I finally
left America.  Here is the log entry
journal made in the first days of the voyage
on the Spray: "9.30. Left Yarmouth. Passed
Cape Sable.  Distance 3 cables.  Sco-
height 8 knots. Fresh wind from the north-west.
Before sunset I dined on strawberries,
drank tea.  The ship cut through the smooth water
under the cover of the coast.                 
 At noon on July 3 we passed the island
Ironbound.  "Spray" tried again
with all our might.  This morning from Liverpool (New
Scotland) a large schooner came out, holding
heading east.  Five hours later "Spray"
left her far astern.  At 6.45 a.m.
walked to the lighthouse on Cape Chebakto-Head, not far from
ku from Halifax.  I saluted the flag and
went full speed ahead until it was still dark
be east of Sable Island. On the coast
many beacons and signs. On Sambro (Ska-
la lamentation) there is a magnificent lighthouse, which
which, alas, was not noticed from the At-
Lantik" on the night when the catastrophe occurred
trophy  I'm heading out into the open ocean, astern
one by one the lights go out, finally disappeared
out of sight and the last one is Sambro. "Spray", os-
Alone, he continued on his way.  4
July at 6.00 took two reefs. At 9.40 pm I
could hardly see the dimlighthouse light on
eastern tip of Sable Island,which
ry can rightfully be called the “island of tra-
gedii".  A fog that wasn't there before
has now descended and hung over like a dense veil
over the sea.  I found myself in a kingdom of fog,
cut off from the outside world: the light of the lighthouse
was no longer visible.  Taking frequent measurements
depths, I established that after midnight
passed the eastern tip of the island and
that a dangerous area of shoals and reefs will soon
must stay behind.  The wind was favorable
pleasant, although it was blowing from the south-south-west,
bringing with it fog.  I heard what
for a few years Sable Island, which had
40 miles long, halved and what
of the three lighthouses built on it after
1880, two were washed away, and will soon collapse in the mo-
re and third.                              
 In the evening of July 5, “Spray”, all day long
jumping on short steep waves,
took it into his head to continue on his way without help
helmsman's cabbage soup.  All this time I was ruling on
south-east-shadow-south, but then the wind started
go in a little, and the ship, "hitting
jet", went south-east at a speed of 8
nodes                                    
  I increased the sails so that the mines could quickly
select the busiest area
steam ships and enter the Gulf Stream zone.
By evening the fog cleared and Isaw the sun
ce at the moment when it touched the
umbrella.  I looked east and really
at the end of the bowsprit I saw the full moon, with a smile
which rose from the sea. Neptune himself,
if he had appeared on the bow of my sloop, he would not have been able to
amaze me the most.          
  - Good evening, sir! - I exclaimed. -
Glad to see you!                           
  Since then I have spoken with the man more than once
on the surface of the moon and trusted him with my
thoughts.                                    
  Around midnight the fog fell again,
even denser than before.  It seemed
you can step on it.  It's been a while
how many days? The wind increased to a gale,
the waves grew higher, but the ship was
reliable.  Surrounded by a wall of fog, I'm all
felt loneliness more strongly, felt gray
batting a bug on a straw caught in a storm.
Having secured the steering wheel tightly, I went to bed, and
the ship sailed on its own.                   
  These days I have been having more and more frequent
some creepy feeling.  Memory worked
amazingly clear. Ominous, slight-
new, great, amazing and ordinary -
all this happened in a strange sequence before
mind's eye. Long forgotten, what, ka-
belongs to someone other than
me, appeared again before me.  Voices
past, laughing, crying, they told what
that I once heard in different parts of the worldta.                                       
  The feeling of loneliness disappeared when
it was starting to storm and there was a lot of work, but
as soon as the weather improved, it returned again
It was happening and I couldn’t get rid of it. Me-
Nya was warned that alone with the son himself
bout I can forget how to speak, so I
talked all the time. According to maritime custom
at exactly noon I proclaimed: "Eight
bottles!"  Or, referring to the imaginary
to the helmsman, shouted from the cabin: “How is the rumba?”
or “What course are we on?” However, without receiving
answer, I felt even more painfully my loneliness
quality.  My voice died away in emptiness, and I
stopped this activity. Then I remembered that
I loved to sing as a child. Why not take it
for old time's sake, especially since I don't have anyone here
Will I disturb you? My musical abilities are not
who has not yet been inspired with feelings of envy, and
here, in the vastness of the Atlantic, it was possible
show yourself!  Would you like to see how
dolphins belched out of the water when I,
for his voice, he pleased the sea and its inhabitants!
Old turtles with their eyes bulging and sticking out
head out of the water, listened to me sing "Johnny
Beaucaire", "We'll pay Darby Doyle for the boot-
ki" and similar songs.  However, del-
the Finns, judging by their jumps, belonged to
more favorable to me than turtles.  One day,
when I performed something like “Babylon ru-
it's going on," one dolphin jumped higher than the bush
Prita would have found himself on deck ifwould
"Spray" walked faster. Seabirds approx.
They were afraid to get close to me.                  
 By July 10, for 8 days of sailing, "Spray"
moved 1200 miles from Cape Sable. Half-
rasta miles per day - not bad for this
ships!  During the entire voyage this was the best re-
result. On the evening of July 14, the Spray crew,
whose mood has lifted significantly,
shouted: “Sail on the horizon!” It turned out
that it was a barquentine.  Night has fallen.
The ship sailed on its own, standing on the rudder
there's no need. The wind was blowing from the south.  I pinned
properly sails and we were moving
at the stop  I often left the wheelhouse on deck -
boo, but everything was fine, still the same
A fresh wind blew through the village. The next morning "Spray"
caught up with Barquentine.  It was La Vagisa
left Philadelphia twenty-three days
back;  she was returning to Vigo, her homeland
noi port.  The lookout noticed us with
masts the day before. When the sloop approached
to the barquentine, the captain gave me a bottle
wine;  it turned out to be of excellent quality
va. He also sent a business card to
which said: “Juan Gantes.”  By-
- apparently, like many Spaniards, he was ho-
We grow up as a person.  But when I asked him
upon arrival at the port, tell me what’s wrong with me
everything is in order ("Spray" quickly walked aroundhim),
he shrugged his shoulders, raising them above his head.
The assistant, who knew about my journey, said
tell him that I am sailing alone.  Captain perek-
baptized himself and retired to the cabin.  He's no longer
appeared upstairs. By sunset barken-
Tina fell behind by the same amount as
la ahead the day before.                      
  Life became less and less monotonous
Noah.  On July 16, a steady wind blew from the north-west
ter, the sea was smooth.  From windward
along the bilge I noticed a large vessel. Then
there was the bark "Java", assigned to Glasgow and
sailing from Peru to Queenstown.  At 2.30 I
used to talk to his captain, who looked like
bear  However, in Alaska I once
met a bear who looked like
friendlier.  In any case, that honey
after all, he seemed delighted to meet with
me, unlike this old grizzly bear.
Maybe, of course, my shout interfered with
pitana, and the sight of a tiny sloop going around
huge ship, affected him like
red rag on a bull.  In light winds
blowing for the last three days, I had a significant
distinct advantage over large ships -
mi.                                       
  The barque is too heavy, with overgrown bottom
I was barely dragging along, meanwhile my ship was rushing
lightly, like a bird, - the grotto of the "Spray" inflated
fell even in the lightest wind.        
  - How long has it been here?calm? -burrows-
the captain of the Java said when I approached him
closer.                                    
  “I don’t know, captain,” I shouted as loud as I could.
ly in response. - I've been here recently. - With these
words, the mate standing on the forecastle, shi-
Roko smiled.                           
  - Cape Sable I left fourteen days
back,” I added. (To the Azores
it was just a stone's throw away).                 
  - Assistant! - the captain roared. - Go ahead
here, listen to what this Yankee is poisoning here.
Lower the flag, assistant, and be quick! - And
"Java" jokingly surrendered to "Spray".            
  The acute melancholy that gripped me inside
chale, has now dissipated.  happened in me
some amazing change. Stripe tu-
the mana has run out.  Apparently, Neptune, at the beginning
angry when he saw my respect,
relented and allowed me to continue on my way. 
  In the logbook 1July 8I did so
what entry:  "The weather is favorable. Wind
south-south-west.  Dolphins frolic around.
At 11.30 am we parted ways with the steamship "Olim-
piya". Longitude 34` 50' W".                 
 - In three minutes seven bells will ring,
- the captain shouted to me, telling me the longitude and
ship time.                            
  I admired the way things were handled at Olim-
pi", but, in my opinion, the captain is too gender-he was counting on his calculations. Such confidence
good when the danger is far away, but I think
I confess that it was precisely this confidence that was
the cause of the misfortune that happened to Atlan-
tik" and many other courts where the capital
the thanes believed their calculations too much. "Olim-
Piya" was not accompanied by dolphins. They prefer
sailboats are reading.  By the way, I noticed that
The captain of Olympia is very young.  I hope
he will be lucky.                       
 Earth! On the morning of July 19, in the sea air
nick a mysterious dome that looks like silver
red mountain.  Although he was drawn into the blinding
a solid white haze that sparkled on
the sun is like polished silver, I was
I'm quite sure that this is the island of Flourish.
At 16.30 we passed his beam.  Haze meanwhile
dissipated. And although Flores is a high island
and is only 174 miles from the island
Faial, it was discovered many years after
settlement of the main group of the Azores islands
WWII                                      
 Early in the morning of July 20, I am on the right side of the nose
noticed the mountains of Pico island breaking through
through the clouds.  When the sun dispersed the
man, one after another began to appear and bo-
ley low-lying islands.  It was possible to
see cultivated fields. Only the one who
saw the Azores from the deck of a ship,mo-
can imagine all their beauty.  B
16.30 "Spray" anchored in the Faya roadstead
la".                                      
 Joshua Slocham stayed there for 4 days (twice
longer than expected), and early in the morning 24
Julyweighed anchor.  The weather was squally
melting Slocham was given a drain for the road.  He ate
drain with cheese and at night for stomach pain
I even lost consciousness.                    
 "...At night I was bent into an arc.  Wind,
which was already quite fresh, everything
intensified, the sky in the southwest became cloudy
eye It was necessary to reef the sails.  Overcoming
pain, I lowered the mainsail and, taking two reefs,
I fastened it as diligently as possible. It was all around
It’s still clean, so the smartest thing to do would be
do everything properly, and then let it go
crawl into the cabin. At sea I always look around -
flax, but this time, although it was approaching
the storm did not reduce the windage sufficiently. I
just checked the sheets.  I should
drift, but I didn’t.  In return
I hoisted the double-reefed mainsail and jib
and left the ship to its own devices.  Then
went down to the cabin and immediately fell, writhing
from pain. I don’t know how long I lay there: I
the delirium began. When, as it seemed to me,
woke up from fainting, I realized that I had started
there was great excitement. Looking at the stern,
to yourTo my amazement, I saw a growth on the steering wheel
logo of a sailor who firmly, as if in a
kah, squeezed the handles of the steering wheel.  He looked like
at the foreigner: the big red one takes over
blamed on the left ear, the face is bordered by shaggy
dark black tanks.  In any part of the world it
would be mistaken for a pirate. Looking at his
I turn my face, I forgot about the storm and the wind
small only about how this alien
cut my throat.  Apparently, guessing mine
thoughts, he took off his hat and said:          
  - Señor Captain, I do not wish you harm. -
And with a barely noticeable smile he added: “I
a free bird, but nothing worse than smuggling
didn't study. I'm from the crew of Columbus.  Stuhr-
man with a Pint. I came to your aid.  Le-
“live in peace, sir captain,” continued
he. “I will sail the ship myself this night.” This-
You have a fever for an hour, but by morning it’s all gone.
det.                                      
  I thought that he must be a dashing sailor, and
here again, as if reading my thoughts, he recalled
clicked:                                  
  - There, in front, is Pinta.  We need to do-
fuck her. Turn up the sails! Vale, Vale,
muy vale!                                 
  Having bitten off a large piece of black cracker, he
added:                                 
  - It was impossible to eat cheese with plums,
captain.  In general, you have to be careful with cheese
It's worse if you don't know where it was cooked. Who
knows maybe it's made from goatmilk, that’s why she started butting.      
  - Hey, buddy! - I shouted.  - That's enough
lecture me!                       
 I tried to spread the mattress, which -
would not lie on a hard deck, and at the same time
did not take his eyes off the strange guest. And the one
noticing that I would still have pain
and fever, grinned and sang frantically
song:                                    

 Higher, the wave is cool!                     
  Louder, storm, howl!                      
  Shout, sea gull!                   
  The Azores are just a stone's throw away!               

Obviously, I felt better because I
became irritable and began to be indignant: 
  - I'm tired of your chatter!  Time before
The Azores are just a stone's throw away, then let your mischief-
a beautiful seagull, if she is a decent bird,
Yes, and it flies!                               
  I begged him to stop the song.  Time from
I felt sick for a while.  Huge waves crashed
were going to "Spray", and it seemed to me that
boats fall onto the deck;  as if awkward
drivers throw them off the wagons onto
"Spray" standing at the pier without fenders.     
  - You will destroy the boats! - I shouted when
waves rushed through the wheelhouse.         
  - You’ll break the boats, but “Spray” won’t do anything.
will be done. He's strong!When the cramps in the stomach and the fever stop
were blinded, I discovered that from the deck, blinded
completely white, like a shark tooth, everything was washed away,
which was poorly secured. "Spray", to my-
to my surprise, holding the one I had given the day before
course, rushed like a trotter.  Columbus himself did not
could have kept the ship on its bearing more accurately. Nes-
Despite the excitement, during the night the sloop passed
sluggish miles.  I was grateful to the old
the helmsman was only surprised that he did not remove
jib.  The storm subsided, and by noon the
elk sun.   By meridional height
sun and mechanical lag, which I do not-
when I didn't choose, I determined that the ship
followed this course for 24 hours.          
  I felt much better, but I was still
very weak and therefore did not give any reefs
during the day, nor the next night, although the wind became
weaker. Spreading wet clothes on the deck,
I lay down in the sun and fell asleep. In my dream
I was visited, of course, by an overnight guest.     
  - You did the right thing by listening to me-
“Nya at night,” he said.                  
  - If you wish, I will be happy to inquire-
to swim while swimming - just out of love
to adventure.                           
  Having finished his sentence, he took off his beret and used
disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared.
Apparently he has returned to his ghostly
"A pint."  I woke up encouraged - with sleep and
visiting an experienced sailor. Picking up from the deck
I would like clothes that have had time to dry, Ithrew it away
overboard all the plums remaining on the ship."
 The weather gradually improved.  August 4
Slocham noticed land ahead of him.  Then
was Spain. At 15 o'clock "Spray", having completed
the first stage of his voyage, dropped anchor at
Gibraltar harbour.  Slocham has always been
ren in himself - during his whole life at sea he
gained considerable experience - and now I'm homeless
I personally trusted my little boat, which
behaved so well towards him,
and the helmsman from the Pinta.                     

 (Ends in issue 2)