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Sailing


1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h

1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins

1971 Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics

1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing

1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean

1951 Christopher Cross, born in Texas, singer, Sailing

1951 Christopher Cross, Geppert, Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme

1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles

1905 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet, Sailing

1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me

1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340

1741 Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America

1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope


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