stackyFACTSJoshua Slocum was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world in 1895, navigating a rebuilt, rotting oyster boat named the Spray.
Joshua Slocum was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world in 1895, navigating a rebuilt, rotting oyster boat named the Spray. The most deeply unhinged part of his 46,000-mile, three-year journey? The man never learned how to swim. He considered the skill completely pointless, reasoning that if he fell overboard in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, knowing the backstroke would only needlessly prolong his miserable, watery death. Pragmatism at its absolute finest.
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