Spray (sailing Vessel)
The Spray was a 36-foot-9-inch (11.20 m) oyster sloop rebuilt by Joshua Slocum and used by him to sail single-handed around the world, the first voyage of its kind. The Spray was lost with Captain Slocum aboard sometime on or after November 14, 1909, after sailing from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard bound for South America.
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“I discovered
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when spray from the hose
played on its pocks and warts....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)