Rudy, Are you sure you aren't thinking of Tristan Jones (notable tall-taler, a nice way of saying pathological liar)? Slocum died in 1909 - that would be an old interview.
Chris -----Original Message----- >From: "Rudolph S. Behar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Feb 20, 2006 3:54 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Happy Joshua Slocum Day! > >Dave and all, > >Sorry to put a damper on this appreciation of Joshua Slocum, but if I >have my facts right, and I think I do, not much that Mr. Slocum says >can be trusted: he passes off as truth a good deal of pure fiction. I >clearly remember an interview with him some years ago, reported in >either Soundings or Sail Magazine (I was subscribing to both in those >days), in which when questioned about the veracity of some of "his >adventures," responded, " If you enjoyed reading about them, you had >your money's worth and you have nothing to complain of." > >A bit high-handed. But armed with some knowledge of his practice, fewer >readers find his writing very interesting. If he'd just put out his >stuff as fiction at the outset, we might have liked him, as we do Melville. > >But no one likes to be taken for a fool. > >(I take correction reasonably well.) > >And may I recommend Sir Francis Chichester's book about his >circumnaviagation in Gipsy Moth? > >Rudy B. >Phoenix, #2237 >Pasadena.,MD > > > > >ahoyther wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Spray was an interesting boat. As I recall he found and resurrected >> her from a deteriorated condition in someone's back yard. The design >> was classic schooner type hull, not very deep and somewhat like a cork >> on the water that did him well. His story gets more than a little >> exciting being chased by pirates at Punta Arenas. >> >> Dave Hoy >> WYANOKEE #6295 >> Camden, Maine >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> I'm almost finished reading Saiiling Alone Around the World by Joshua >>> Slocum who is the first to have circumnavigated the globe alone. It >>> is a great read! Tomorrow (2/20) is the 162nd anniversary of his >>> birth. It seems appropriate that we spend a moment of silence and >>> remember Captain Slocum and his good ship, the 37' sloop "Spray." >>> >>> And in honor of him I'm taking my sails to Havre de Grace, MD >>> tomorrow to be cleaned and repaired! >>> >>> Dave Tierney >>> Celtic Pride, 5282 >>> 1982 C-27, Traditional >>> Middle River, Maryland >>
