Today I learned about Jack London. Oyster pirate, Socialist, and rail rider. Berkeley attendee, trekked the Yukon and Chilkoot Pass, took a rowboat 1500 miles down the Yukon River to the Bering Sea. Built his own yacht and mansion and wrote 23 novels, 7 plays, short stories, and poems. Died of alcoholism age 40 smithsonianmag.com/histor…
During the American-Spanish war, the Americans blockaded the Spanish port of Guam. The Spanish garrison, not knowing they were even at war, sent out a rowboat to talk to the Americans. They were shocked to find out about the war and that they were now Prisoners of War en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap…
Today I learned about Amelia Gade Corson, Seventh Woman to Swim the English Channel. Her Husband Followed Her in a Rowboat and Gave her Hot Chocolate, Sugar Lumps, and Crackers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…
Today I learned that, in 1921, 2 boy scouts saved 3 people from a burning plant that was surrounded by rapids from ongoing flood using only a rowboat. Shortly after making it to safety, the plant exploded. query.nytimes.com/mem/arc…
In 1820 the whaling ship Essex was attacked and sunk by an estimated 85 foot/26 meters long sperm whale, 50 feet is average. The 21 crewmembers abandoned ship to drift in 3 rowboats far from land. Only 8 remained alive after 80 days. This was used in the creation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_…
When Jack Lalane was 70 he was handcuffed, shackled, and fighting strong winds and currents, while he towed 70 rowboats for 1 mile. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jac…
John Paul Jones the father of the United States Navy actually took his own ship and attacked mainland England and he and sixteen other dudes sailed into town on two rowboats and set fire to the fleet that was stationed there. badassoftheweek.com/johnp…
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