The Around in Ten organizer Nick Dwyer is pressing on with his own circumnavigation

Nick's route and current position:

NEW: Nick's Blog is HERE

A 38ft steel Roberts Spray

On April 24, 1895, at the age of 51, Joshua Slocum departed Boston in his 36ft “Spray” and sailed around the world single-handed, a passage of 46,000 miles. Returning to Newport, Rhode Island on June 27, 1898 he became the first to solo circumnavigate.

This historic achievement made him the patron saint of small-boat voyagers, navigators and adventurers all over the world.

The support boat pictured here is a steel “Spray”  38. Although the original Spray was a Yawl the support boat is a Ketch.

She is currently lying in Portugal undergoing a refit and skipper Nick Dwyer will sail south to the Canaries before crossing the Atlantic in November 2008. 

Nick's yacht is fitted with a HF SSB radio and when possible will transmit up to date position and other details which will be shown on this web site.

26th Nov 2008:     After a re-fit, she is on her way to the the Caribbean: