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School teacher. Known for. Sailing single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 10-foot (3.0 m) sailboat. Gerald F. Spiess (January 24, 1940 – June 18, 2019) was an American school teacher best known for having sailed his 10-foot (3.0 m) home-built sailboat Yankee Girl solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 and across the Pacific in 1981. [1][2]
Dekker's solo circumnavigation route. Laura Dekker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʌuraː ˈdɛkər]; born 20 September 1995) is a New Zealand-born Dutch sailor.In 2009, she announced her plan to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed.
NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337) is a converted United States Navy ship (formerly USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16)), now an exploratory vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), officially launched in 2010. [1] Starting in 2010, NOAA entered into a five-year partnership with the San Francisco Exploratorium.
Significant dates. Added to NRHP. 7 June 1988. Designated NHL. 7 June 1988 [3] WPG/WAGC/WHEC-37, launched as USCGC Roger B. Taney and for most of her career called USCGC Taney (/ ˈtɔːni /), is a United States Coast Guard high endurance cutter notable as the last warship floating which fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor. [4] She was named ...
The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread , [ 1 ] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [ 1 ] and in 2019 it ...
16,000 litres. Crew. 12 to 16. Merida (formerly MV Brigitte Bardot, MV Gojira, Rat Race Media Adventurer, Ocean 7 Adventurer and Cable and Wireless Adventurer) is a high-tech 35 m (115 ft) trimaran twin diesel engine powered vessel designed by Nigel Irens. Construction of the vessel began in June 1997 and she was launched on 16 March 1998.
MV Odyssey (formerly Alucia) is a 56-meter research and exploration vessel that facilitates a wide range of diving, submersible and aerial operations. [1] The ship has recently been used by OCEEF, [2] under the name Alucia and was previously utilized by initiative OceanX for ocean exploration, research and filming missions. [3]
Appel and Fuiava were residents of Honolulu, living with two dogs (Zeus and Valentine) aboard their sailboat Sea Nymph. [5] The women said they set sail from Hawaii on May 3, 2017 for an 18-day, [4] 2,700-mile (4,300 km) voyage to Tahiti, [6] but encountered a "force 11 storm" (winds between 56–63 knots (104–117 km/h; 64–72 mph), waves from 37–52 feet (11–16 m)) that same night. [4]