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Moore is the founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education [4] in Long Beach, California.. In 2008 the Foundation co-sponsored the JUNK Raft project, to "creatively raise awareness about plastic debris and pollution in the ocean", and specifically the Great Pacific Garbage Patch trapped in the North Pacific Gyre, by sailing 2,600 miles across the Pacific Ocean on a 30-foot-long (9.1 m ...
Tayleur was designed by William Rennie of Liverpool and built at the Charles Tayleur Foundry at Warrington for owners Charles Moore & Company (of Mooresfort, Lattin, Co Tipperary). She was launched in Warrington on the River Mersey on 4 October 1853 - it had taken just six months to build her.
Built to be the fastest sailing ship, she completed 10 voyages before running aground and being abandoned in the East Indies [5] Race Horse — 1850 United States (Boston, MA) Disappeared in 1865 128 ft (39 m) She was an 1850 clipper barque, who set a record of 109 days from New York to San Francisco during the first Clipper Race around the Horn.
Charles Edward Moore (April 21, 1894 – June 19, 1953) was an American industrialist who is best known for his contribution to the maritime shipbuilding industry during World War II. Early life and career
Memorial to those who died in the 1979 Fastnet Race, Lissarnona, Cape Clear Island, Cork, Ireland The 1979 Fastnet Race was the 28th Royal Ocean Racing Club's Fastnet Race, a yachting race held generally every two years since 1925 on a 605-nautical-mile (1,120 km; 696 mi) course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via south of the Isles of Scilly.
Charter boat designed by legendary East Coast naval architect, Charles Wittholtz. [30] 2 masted gaff rigged, topsail [31] Gallant: 1916 Amsterdam: 2 masted gaff [32] Gas Light: 2000 San Francisco, California Replica of the 1874 scow schooner by same name, rebuilt in steel by Billy Martinelli [33] 2 masted gaff HMS Gladan: 1947 Karlskrona, Sweden
National Sailing Regatta is returning to Charles Mills Lake for the first time since 1965. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Charles Johnes ‘Carl' Moore (19 December 1889 – 4 February 1974) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy.He was the chief of staff of Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Fifth Fleet, during the most important and significant naval campaigns of the World War II in the Pacific Theater: the Gilberts, the Marshalls and the Marianas.