The Slocum Spray Society of Australia Inc.

Links & Sources

This page contains links to web sites and sources having to do with Joshua Slocum, the Spray design, and cruising under sail. The information is divided into the following categories:

• Joshua Slocum Organisations Links
• Spray design
• Spray building projects
• Books on Joshua and/or the Spray
• Cruising under sail
• Australian sailing
• Miscellaneous stuff
• Related links

A good source of Slocum and Spray research information is: http://www.mcallen.lib.tx.us/orgs/slocum.htm

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT LIST LINKS TO COMMERCIAL SITES UNLESS THEY ARE  RELATED TO JOSHUA SLOCUM, OR THE SPRAY DESIGN, OR THEY DIRECTLY SPONSOR AN ACTIVITY OF THE SLOCUM SPRAY SOCIETY!

Joshua Slocum Organisations Links

• Joshua Slocum Society International : http://www.JoshuaSlocumSocietyIntl.org
  

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Spray design

Here are links to Spray design sources and stories.

• Bruce Roberts Yacht Design (Australia) www.bruce-roberts.com.au Andrew Slorach
• "Spray : the ultimate cruising boat" by R. Bruce Roberts-Goodson. Published: Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 1995. Available from the Bruce Roberts site above.
• "Spray" by Robert J. Blake. Published: New York : Philomel Books, c1996.
• Spray replica plans - provided by Kendall Slack, son of Ken Slack ("In the Wake of the Spray") :  http://www.sprayplans.com

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Spray Building Projects

• Check out Seagoat On-line. Here is a 36 ft fibreglass Spray being built in Canada. http://www.seagoatonline.com/home.html
• A very nice looking Spray replica project in Connecticut, USA.  http://www.slocumsboat.blogspot.com/

Books on Joshua and/or the Spray

Joshua Slocum wrote at least five books/booklets:

• "Sailing Alone Around the World" Joshua Slocum - Available at any good book store.
  Also available on-line at http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/js/saaw.htm
• "The Voyage of the Liberdade" Joshua Slocum - Harder to find than "Sailing Alone ..." but worth the attempt. On-line version at http://www.eldritchpress.org/js/liberdade.htm and http://www.arthur-ransome.org/ar/literary/slocum1.htm
• "Voyage of the Destroyer from New York to Brazil" Source unknown.
• "Sloop Spray Souvenir Booklet" Joshua Slocum, 1901. The original is held in the Millicent Library (USA), but a copy is presented at http://www.millicentlibrary.org/slocum.htm
• "Voyage around the Horn" Published: London : Phoenix, 1995.
• "Sailing Alone Around the World"  Free Librivox talking-book at http://www.archive.org/details/sailing_alone_around_librivox_1

Other authors include:

• "In the Wake of the Spray" by Ken Slack
• "Captain Slocum's life before and after The Spray" by Myra A. Lopes. Published: [New Bedford, MA] : RPI Graphics, c1997.
• "Captain Joshua Slocum : a centennial tribute" by Myra A. Lopes. Published: [S.l.] : RPI, c1994.
• "The Solitary Slocum" by Robert Blondin. Translated by Hedley King. Published: Halifax, Nova Scotia, c1992. (Note: depending on what information you credit this is either biography or biographical fiction.) blondin@granby.netCommunipomme
• "Joshua Slocum" Walter Teller. Edition: [Extensively rev. and augm. ed.] Published: New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1971] 1956 ed. published under title: "The search for Captain Slocum."
• "The voyages of Joshua Slocum" collected and introduced by Walter Magnes Teller. Includes a check list of published work of Captain Joshua Slocum--P. 393-395.
• "Capt. Joshua Slocum : the life and voyages of America's best known sailor" by Victor Slocum. Published: New York : Sheridan House, 1981, c1950.
• "Alone at sea : the adventures of Joshua Slocum" by Ann Spencer. Published: Toronto, Ont. : Doubleday Canada, 1998.
• "First to sail the world alone, Joshua Slocum" by Jan Fortman ; illustrated by Gerald Smith. Published: New York : C.P.I., c1978.
• "Three years on the ocean" by James I. Clark ; illustrated by Joe Van Severen. Published: Milwaukee : Raintree Publishers, c1980.

In-print books may be sourced on-line through

• Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble US booksellers.

Out of print books may be sourced on-line through Strictly Sailing Books at www.strictlysailingbooks.com (Australia) - usually has copies of "Sailing Alone Around the World".

or Powells at http://www.powells.com/ (USA)

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Cruising under sail

Various sites which provide interesting and useful information on cruising at leisure.

• Joshua Slocum Centennial Page - Millicent Library http://www.millicentlibrary.org/slocum.htm
   

• BoatingLinks.com is the most complete directory of Boating Links on the Web. This is for boaters to compare boats, charters, products, and information sources available on the web. http://www.boatinglinks.com
   
• Check out this amazing young lady, Jessica Watson, from Australia who is setting out to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the World.  http://www.youngestround.com

• Mark Rosenstein's Sailing Page: One of those great starting points for sailing and cruising related sites on the WWW. http://www.apparent-wind.com/sailing-page.html

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Australian sailing

These are some Australian sites of relevance to blue water cruisers and researchers.

• Australian Maritime Safety Organisation (AMSA) http://www.amsa.gov.au
• Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au
• Australian Hydrographic Office http://www.hydro.gov.au
• Cruise Down Under http://www.cruisedownunder.com/    gives contact information on major Australian Port Authorities.
• Australian National Maritime Museum http://www.anmm.gov.au/
• Coastal Cruising Club of Australia http://www.coastalcruisingclub.asn.au/   Sydney based, welcomes Sprays as members and visitors.
• The Coastal Passage http://www.thecoastalpassage.com.au  A damn good read!
• Australian Marinas Guide  http://www.marinasguide.com.au  the Definitive Guide to over 300 Australian marinas.
   

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Miscellaneous Stuff

These are some odds and ends about Josh and the Spray.

• Spray Centennial Commemorative Ale - Brown Ale - No. 7 http://brewery.org/brewery/cm3/recs/09_80.html
• The Laughing Whale was a small Maine-based ship model kit manufacturer that specialized in local small craft and historic ships with a New England connection.    http://naturecoast.com/hobby/lw.htm
• Hobby World of Montreal Canada Wooden Ship Kits. Go to Wooden Ship Kits and click on Slocum's Spray  http://www.hobbyworldinc.com/woodship39.html
• BoatArt Studio has a fine half-model and drawings of Spray and Joshua Slocum on an attractive plaque. See www.boatartstudio.com 

Related links

• Slocum Spray Owners Group - an international group forum for owners of boats built to the Spray design http://groups.google.com.au/group/slocum-spray-owners-group

• Register your burgee, or check out other burgees from around the world at www.burgees.com/burgeeframe.htm

• For out of print pre-loved sailing, technical and cruising related books, a good source is Strictly Sailing Books at www.strictlysailingbooks.com

• Jessica Watson's campaign to be the youngest to circumnavigate solo, non-stop and unassisted  www.youngestround.com

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