Norfolk Landmark, February 20, 1877 Disaster to Accomac (Va.) Oysters Schooners. Reprinted from Baltimore Sun – Capt. S. H. Wilson, of the steamer Tangier, which arrived at Baltimore yesterday, from Snow Hill and Crisfield, Md. brings particulars of the recent schooner disasters in Tangier sound, on Monday night, February 12, during a heavy …
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BRITISH SAILORS SAVED Heroic Rescue by the Crew of an American Fishing Boat GLOUCESTER, Mass., Feb. 17, 1903 — The little fishing schooner Kineo came into port yesterday with the shipwrecked crew of the British schooner E. H. Foster of St. John N.B; abandoned Saturday. The Foster was well out in Massachusetts bay …
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EDWIN H. GOTT sailed on her maiden voyage February 16, 1979, in ballast from Milwaukee, bound for Two Harbors, Minnesota. This was the first maiden voyage of a laker ever in mid-winter. She was in convoy with three of her fleet mates; CASON J. CALLAWAY, PHILIP R. CLARKE and JOHN G. MUNSON each needing …
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Washington Post – Peggy Lord February 15, 1981 Survivors of the 1981 St. Petersburg-to-Fort Lauderdale race will be spinning yarns and trading hairy sea stories for years after the recent “Florida Fastnet Race,” which finished Friday in Fort Lauderdale. Stories of dismastings, broaches, general gear failure, torn sails and bruised sailors were common among the …
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1938 – Feb. 14th – Miami to Nassau Race – First Overall – three boats were refused the start, four more decided not to start, six retired, one sank. STORMY WEATHER WINS YACHT RACE; 1937 Victor, First Finisher, Has Best Corrected Time in Miami-Nassau Event AGUSTA VERDE FOUNDERS Sinks After Being Taken in …
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