John Gale Alden (1884-1962) USA
Raised in Troy New York, with family Summer holidays in Sakonnet, Rhode Island. John Alden began his quest for the sea, having once sailed the family yacht, a 21′ knockabout sloop, all the way from Troy to Sakonnet alone 300 plus or minus miles. His family later in 1900 moved to Dorchester, MA, due to …