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Joshua Slocum- Around the World Alone - Lipr - 12-21-2015
Slocum was the first solo-circumnavigator and used the Moon as the principle celestial body for observation.
He was a Lunarian. That means he performed "Lunars" which required 2 bodies for site reduction;
1- the moon
2- a star
The reduction was very time consuming.
From my reading Lunars didn't require a highly accurate chronometer and thus his complaint about his 25 cent tin clock and that a watchmaker wanted $1.50 just to rate it.
Here's the story of his trip;
Joshua Slocum- Sailing alone around the World
Larry
RE: Joshua Slocum- Around the World Alone - P.Rutherford - 12-22-2015
Slocum is a hero of mine. Fighting off savages in The Strait of Magellan and the Chilean coast. What a mariner!
It's speculated he got holed heading for the Caribbean by perhaps a steamship which he no doubt hated (steamships, that is).