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Union City, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1971) was a copy editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer who in 1965 sailed from Falmouth, Massachusetts, to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, [1] in a tiny 13.5-foot (4.1 m) sailboat (an Old Town "Whitecap" built by the Old Town Canoe Co. of Old Town, Maine, which he had extensively modified for the voyage) named ...
The first canoe built by Old Town Canoe was constructed in 1898 behind the Gray hardware store in Old Town, Maine. Unlike the pioneering canoe businesses established by E.H. Garrish, B.N. Morris, and E.M. White, the Grays were not canoe builders themselves, but were entrepreneurs who hired others to design and build their canoes. [4]
Wickett would go on to help start the Indian Old Town Canoe Company (later the Old Town Canoe Company), and founded the Penobscot Canoe Company and St. Louis Meramec Canoe Company. White's brother-in-law, E.L. Hinckley, became a working partner and provided the capital to open a large shop in Old Town, Maine in 1896, the town where Old Town ...
Polynesian voyaging canoes were made from wood, whereas Hōkūle‘a incorporates plywood, fiberglass and resin. [8] Hōkūle‘a measures 61 feet 5 inches (18.7 m) LOA, 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m) at beam, displaces 16,000 pounds (7,260 kg) when empty and can carry another 11,000 pounds (4,990 kg) of gear, supplies and 12 to 16 crew.
Bates Old River is located off U.S. 601, just across the Congaree River in Richland County. It is 2 hours from the Beaufort County area and easy to reach. Take I-95 north for 68 miles to Exit 97 ...
This week, uncover the challenges faced by Voyager 1, meet flower-licking wolves, see an unexpected ancient lifesaving tool, and more. The 47-year-old Voyager probes are exploring interstellar ...
Voyager 1 was designed and built in the early 1970s. Documentation could be lost or misplaced, making it difficult to troubleshoot glitches onboard. NASA fixed a glitch on Voyager 1 after ...
While it was not the first transatlantic kayak crossing in history, Doba was the first one to travel this way from continent to continent and not island to island. [ 9 ] [ 4 ] Doba's journey started at 15:30 Polish time [ 10 ] on 26 October 2010 in Dakar , Senegal, and ended when he reached Brazil , touching dry land at 10:12 local time for the ...
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