The Spray
Design and Specifications of the Spray: A Technical Overview
Explore the definitive design and specifications of Captain Joshua Slocum's legendary vessel, the Spray. Discover the...
Spray Anatomy And History Study Captain Joshua Slocum’s 36-foot oyster sloop through its known specifications, construction context, and role in solo circumnavigation history. The focus stays close to the vessel: hull form, rig, working-boat origins, and the written record left around the voyage.
The Spray has always invited argument because she sits between record, memory, seamanship, and legend. A builder may look for lines and scantlings; a historian may look for provenance; a sailor may look for what Slocum trusted when there was no crew to call.