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Founder George Pocock grew up in England, where his father was the head boat builder for prestigious Eton College at Windsor at the turn of the century. As a young man, George raced single shells on the famed River Thames. At one of these races he won £50. With the money purchased passage for himself and his brother, Dick, on a cattle boat ...
March 19, 1976. (1976-03-19) (aged 84) Seattle, Washington, U.S. George Yeoman Pocock (March 23, 1891 – March 19, 1976) was a leading designer and builder of racing shells in the 20th century. Pocock-built shells began to win U.S. Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships in 1923. [1] He achieved international recognition by providing ...
Gar Wood returns the Harmsworth Trophy to the United States in 1920. Garfield Arthur " Gar " Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h ...
Boat building. Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull, with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires. [1]
Donald Joel Aronow (March 3, 1927 – February 3, 1987) was an American designer, builder, and racer of Formula, Donzi, Magnum Marine, Cary, and Cigarette Racing Team speedboats. Aronow built speedboats for the Shah of Iran, Charles Keating, Robert Vesco, Malcolm Forbes, George H. W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
List of sail codes. This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 2000 by the International Sailing Federation. Mainsail Country Codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. ISAF Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color.
Catan: Seafarers, or Seafarers of Catan in older editions, (German: Die Seefahrer von Catan) is an expansion of the board game Catan for three to four players (five-to-six-player play is also possible with both of the respective five-to-six-player extensions). The main feature of this expansion is the addition of ships, gold fields, and the ...
The Boys in the Boat is a true story based on the struggles and sacrifices made by the University of Washington rowing team to compete at rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's eight. [1] Joseph Sutton-Holcomb from The Seattle Times writes that Brown got the idea to write this book when his neighbor Judy Willman said that her father, Joe ...