Approximately 6.8 hours listening time. Download in a zipped archive: about 122 megabytes.

In 1895 at the age of 51, Captain Joshua Slocum began a 3-year, 46,000 mile solo circumnavigation aboard his 37-foot sloop, Spray. The first man to ever successfully complete a solo circumnavigation, Slocum recounts the adventures he had along the way in this novel. His eloquent narrative is filled with vivid battles against man and nature and stands as one of the greatest sea stories of all time.

Sailors and non-sailors of any age will enjoy this gripping tale.

Read by Jerry Stearns, with commentary by the Good Old Boat editors. In addition, John Vigor talks about the impact of Joshua's circumnavigation and Ted Brewer evaluates the Spray from the naval architect's point of view.

Hear an audio sample of this book: 2:28 minutes, 1.2 MB.