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Both teams shared their experiences, including being hit by a stream of flying fish. The Sea Donkeys said one team member, Niels Bardoel, was hit five times in one night by the "smelly" creatures.
Flying Fish, which left New York November 1, narrowly bested John Gilpin, arriving in 92 days, 4 hours. Clark describes the race between the two leaders, Flying Fish and John Gilpin, as follows: The fleet was so large in 1853 that it was not uncommon for two or three ships to be in company at sea, each striving to outsail the others.
The Atlantic flyingfish (Cheilopogon melanurus) is a flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. The flyingfish fauna is made up of 16 total species, 6 of which belong to the genus Cheilopogon, including C. melanurus. [2] The Atlantic flyingfish is also in the order Beloniformes and class Actinopterygii. [3]
Atlantic Ocean Nigel Burgess Yachts Vendée Globe: 1992 ... Flying Fish Arctos Hit by Boom [22] Deaths during yacht races. Race Name Host Club Date Name Place
The article says that the fish can "glide" for about 39 feet. When I was on board an aircraft carrier during an Atlantic cruise, I used to stand on the sponsons or aircraft elevators and watch the flying fish alongside the ship. I know, because I saw them, that 1)they "flapped" their fins in a manner similar to birds, so they weren't just ...
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - Add bluefish falling out of the sky to the list of perils living at the Jersey Shore. ... Last August, JCP&L said a fish caused a power outage when it hit a transformer and ...
Flying Fish was a California clipper ship of the extreme type launched in 1851. Her figurehead was a green and gold flying fish. At full sail she could set 8,250 yards of canvas. The ship was wrecked in 1858 while coming out of Fuzhou with a cargo of tea leaves. [2]
USS Flying Fish (SSN-673), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.