# Sailing Alone Around the World — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/dedication.md): A brief dedication to an unnamed person who expressed faith in the Spray's return.
- [Sailing Alone Around the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/sailing-alone-around-the-world.md): This chapter from 'Sailing Alone Around the World' captures the essence of Captain Joshua Slocum's solo circumnavigation. It highlights his departure from Boston, the rebuilding of the Spray, and his encounters with vari
- [Chapter I: The Rebuilding of the Spray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/i.md): Captain Joshua Slocum recounts his early life and maritime career, leading to his decision to rebuild the old sloop Spray in Fairhaven. With the help of friends and his own craftsmanship, he transforms the derelict vesse
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/ii.md): Captain Slocum spends time fishing off the coast, then decides to embark on a voyage around the world. He departs Boston on April 24, 1895, sails to Gloucester for supplies, and then to Nova Scotia, where he visits old f
- [Goodbye to the American Coast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/iii.md): Slocum departs from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1895, beginning his solo Atlantic crossing. He navigates through fog, encounters a full moon that becomes a companion, and battles loneliness. He meets the barkantine

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Repairing the Spray's Sails](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X: Juan Fernandez and the Fuegian Arrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI: The Voyage Through the Trade-Winds and the Marquesas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Seventy-two Days Without a Port](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII: Australia and Tasmania](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV: The Arafura Sea and the Voyage to Keeling Cocos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI: Rodriguez and the Keeling Cocos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI: Clearing for Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/appendix.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sailing_alone_around_the_world_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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