Month: June 2016

Rowing Across the Atlantic

Here’s his latest post: 41° 49.55 N, 65° 26.19 W 2016-06-02 00:00:00 +0000 Still at sea anchor, rough night, bit better now, wind still ESE. Drifted N 6 n.m., hardly any W, so current going NE, which also explains some of the steep, breaking waves. Must check temp of the sea-Gulf Stream? Still on sea...
Dr. Stein Hoff's location is about the center of this map just south of Nova Scotia

June 3

Today in History June 3 Goodyear blimp pilot Jack Boettner lands the airship Pilgrim on the roof of the M. O Neil Co. roof in downtown Akron on June 20, 1928. 350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. 1083 – Henry IV...
Goodyear blimp pilot Jack Boettner lands the airship Pilgrim on the roof of the M. O Neil Co. roof in downtown Akron on June 20, 1928.

Polynesian Canoe Hokule'a Visits New York During Global Voyage

Hokule’a is a 62-foot-long, double-hulled sailing canoe built and navigated in the style of the native Polynesian people: guided by the sun, moon, and stars; by currents, wind, and wave patterns; by bird and fish behavior. Hokule’a has crossed thousands of miles of ocean with modern navigation instruments turned off. No cellphones, no GPS, no...

Polynesian Canoe Hokule’a Visits New York During Global Voyage

Hokule’a is a 62-foot-long, double-hulled sailing canoe built and navigated in the style of the native Polynesian people: guided by the sun, moon, and stars; by currents, wind, and wave patterns; by bird and fish behavior. Hokule’a has crossed thousands of miles of ocean with modern navigation instruments turned off. No cellphones, no GPS, no...

Rowing Across the Atlantic

Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing FOXll across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. ——————————————————————————————— “Goodbye USA! Day 17, Tuesday 31st May, was a good day for mileage, managed 30 towards the waypoint, but same old clammy, unpleasant fog and miserable visibility...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his attempt rowing across the Atlantic last week the Battery in his rowboat named FOX II, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

June 2

1835 – PT Barnum and his circus begin first tour of US 1851 – First alcohol prohibition law enacted in Maine 1873 – Construction begins on San Francisco’s Clay St for world’s first cable railroad 1875 – Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission 1886 – Grover Cleveland is first to wed during his presidency. He was born Stephen Grover Cleveland in Caldwell, New...
Grover Cleveland's White House wedding