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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: November 20, 2018
Caption: Inside the lifeboat on display: another marker
Additional Description:
An 18' Boat Like This Skiff Was Rowed Across The Atlantic

1896 - New York - Two fisherman, George Harbo & Frank Samuelsen stepped aboard an 18' skiff like this boat and rowed 3,000 miles from New York to England in 55 days. No sail, no engine no rudder, just oars.
A true story see the book "Daring the Sea"
Great tale of Survival

Submitted: December 22, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p458036
File Size: 2.512 Megabytes

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