Tag: Trivia

Source: Fast Facts: Nautical Miles and Knots – The Log Read More

Here’s some nautical trivia: For women stowaways, childbirth at sea traditionally happened between cannons on the gun deck, and the child was recorded in the... Read More

Here’s a bit of nautical trivia for you out there. The oldest lighthouse in the U.S. is also the only remaining manned one. It’s know... Read More

The USS Oriskany became an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 2004. Its nickname is the Great Carrier Reef and it’s become one... Read More

Here’s a little trivia: The Mae West was a popular nickname for the lifejacket (PFD) during WWII among servicemen. Many a life has been saved... Read More

You may or may not know that the song Dirty Water by The Standells is about pollution in the Boston Harbor. Since being discovered in... Read More

Here’s a little nautical history…. The Queen Mary’s maiden voyage was on May 27, 1936. Happy 75th! She served as a military vessel from March... Read More

Crows were kept on ships as an aid to navigation, and were kept high on a mast. Hence the origin of the term “Crow’s Nest”. Read More

Yachting became an Olympic event at the 1896 Games in Greece. Read More

Happy May Day (1st day of May) not to be confused with Mayday – which is an international distress signal that derives from the French... Read More

1903 American Power Boat Association forms on this day in history. Read More