2015 Event A 37-year-old man from South Carolina is rescued 500 miles from home after 66 days lost at sea; Louis Jordan had been in an antique 35-foot sailboat fishing in the open sea when the boat capsized in a storm, and he survived on fish and rainwater 1983 Event Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days 1970 Birthday Lanee Butler, born in Manhasset, New York, mistral sailboat yachter, Olympic-11th-1996 1944 Event Vice-Admiral Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks 1911 Event Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east 1776 Event 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1765 Event Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
