Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead. …

Joshua Slocum
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Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.275, Applewood Books
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To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while. ✨ Joshua Slocum, A … ▶
They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Appl … ▶
I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Ar … ▶
Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston. ✨ Joshua Slocum (1985). The Voyages … ▶
Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days. ✨ Joshua Slocum (2007). S … ▶

Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead. ✨ Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). Sailing Alone Around the World, p.275, Applewood Books

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