To: AnAmericanMother
I have read both of Slocum's books. I think "Voyage of the Liberdale", (not sure on spelling of that) was his greatest feat. What is lost on most people who read these books, especially the so called traditionalist, is the fact that the "Spray" was designed around and equipped with the lastest technoligy of that day. If GPS had been available to him, not doubt, he would have used it.
236 posted on
01/12/2004 9:25:29 AM PST by
U S Army EOD
(,When the EOD technician screws up, he is always the first to notice.)
To: U S Army EOD
Liberdade - "Freedom".
It's somehow fitting that he just sailed off into the mists of time and never returned . . .
239 posted on
01/12/2004 9:29:10 AM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . sed, ut scis, quis homines huiusmodi intellegere potest?. . .)
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