Editing Joshua Slocum (section)

==Legacy==
Slocum's achievements have been well publicised and honoured. The name ''Spray'' has become a choice for cruising yachts ever since the publication of Slocum's account of his [[circumnavigation]]. Over the years, many versions of ''Spray'' have been built from the plans in Slocum's book, more or less reconstructing the sloop with various degrees of success.

Similarly, the French long-distance sailor [[Bernard Moitessier]] christened his {{convert|39|ft|m|adj=on}} [[ketch]]-rigged boat ''Joshua'' in honor of Slocum. It was this boat that Moitessier sailed from Tahiti to France, and he also sailed ''Joshua'' in the 1968 [[Sunday Times Golden Globe Race]] around the world, making good time, only to abandon the race near the end and sail on to the Polynesian Islands.

Ferries named in Slocum's honour (''Joshua Slocum'' and ''Spray'') served the two [[Digby Neck]] runs in Nova Scotia between 1973 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valleyweb.com/westport/tsdbrier.html|title= valleyweb Resources and Information.|website=valleyweb.com}}</ref> The ''Joshua Slocum'' was featured in the film version of ''[[Dolores Claiborne (film)|Dolores Claiborne]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newscotland1398.net/digbyco/slocumjmem.html|title=Joshua Slocum Memorial|first=Ivan|last=Smith|access-date=July 25, 2004|archive-date=June 23, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040623121918/http://www.newscotland1398.net/digbyco/slocumjmem.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

An [[underwater glider]]{{snd}}an [[autonomous underwater vehicle]] (AUV), designed by the [[Scripps Institute of Oceanography]], was named after Slocum's ship ''Spray''. It became the first AUV to cross the Gulf Stream, while operated by the [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spray.ucsd.edu/|publisher=UC San Diego|title=Spray AUV}}</ref> Another AUV has been named after Slocum himself: the Slocum Electric Glider, designed by Douglas Webb of Webb Research (since 2008, [[Teledyne Technologies#Companies|Teledyne Webb Research]]).

In 2009, a [[Slocum glider]], modified by Rutgers University, crossed the Atlantic in 221 days.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/atlantic/status_updates.html| title=Flight Across the Atlantic – RU27–RU17| website=marine.rutgers.edu}}</ref> The RU27 traveled from Tuckerton, New Jersey, to [[Baiona, Pontevedra]], Spain – the port where [[Christopher Columbus]] landed on his return from his first voyage to the New World. Like Slocum himself, the Slocum glider is capable of traveling over thousands of kilometers. These gliders continue to be used by various research institutions, including Texas A&M University's Department of Oceanography and Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), to explore the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and other [[bodies of water]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://today.tamu.edu/2013/07/31/gliders-give-key-ocean-data-from-gulf/|publisher=Texas A&M University|title=Gliders give key ocean data from gulf|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404190850/https://today.tamu.edu/2013/07/31/gliders-give-key-ocean-data-from-gulf/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A monument to Slocum exists on [[Brier Island, Nova Scotia]], not far from his family's boot shop. He is commemorated in museum exhibits at the [[New Bedford Whaling Museum]] in Massachusetts, the [[Maritime Museum of the Atlantic]] in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the [[Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum]] near his birthplace. Several biographies about Slocum are published.

The Slocum River in [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts]], was named for him, as was a newly discovered plant in [[Mauritius]] while he was there: "Returning to the ''Spray'' by way of the great flower conservatory near Moka, the proprietor, having only that morning discovered a new and hardy plant, to my great honor named it 'Slocum'".<ref>Slocum, J (1899), Chapter XVII</ref> Slocum himself discovered an island by accident, and named it ''Alan Erric Island''.<ref>Slocum, J (1899), Chapter X</ref>

During [[World War II]], a [[liberty ship]] was named after Slocum, launched from [[South Portland, Maine]] in December 1944 and scrapped in 1965. <ref>George Slocum, ''He Sailed Alone Around the World: The Epic of Captain Joshua Slocum, 1895-1945'' (Detroit: George Slocum, 1945), 29-30.</ref>

Slocum was inducted into the [[National Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nshof.org/inductees/slocum-joshua/|title=Joshua Slocum 2011 Inductee |publisher=Nshof.org |access-date=April 12, 2020}}</ref>