In the 1850s, the clipper ship David
Ma r i t i M e tr i v i a
Lowtide
One of the British Virgin Islands is
Crockett rounded Cape Horn 48 times-
By Br y a n He n r y
called Dead Man’s Chest.
-more times than any other sailing ship
in history.
Blue whales have the largest heart of
There are about 10,000 grains in a any animal.
Forever known as Captain Bligh,
handful of sand.
William Bligh, who had joined the
Among Robert Fulton’s patents
Navy as a seaman at 16, wasn’t actually
There are about 55,000 kinds of were a dredging machine for digging
a captain when he sailed the Bounty to
saltwater snails. channels and aqueducts, an amphibious
Tahiti. The 33-year-old Bligh was only
canal boat that could be transported by
a lieutenant and had been promised
The longest bill of any bird belongs integral wheels on land, and a method
a captaincy after the ill-fated voyage.
to the Australian pelican and is 14 to 18 of igniting gunpowder under water to
inches long. sink ships.
Do you know the name of
Blackbeard’s pirate ship?
It was Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Clipper ships were so called because
it was said that they “clipped off” miles
as swiftly as a barber clips off hair.
In 1854, the clipper ship Champion
of the Seas sailed 465 miles in 24 hours.
This was the fastest that any ship had
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ever sailed, and not until 25 years later North Sails Seattle has been serving local sailors from our Seattle
did a steamship go faster.
location since 1961. We are happy to give back to the sailing
community by sponsoring local events such as: Corinthian Yacht
Canada’s Great Slave Lake, at 2,015
Club’s Puget Sound Sailing Championship, Seattle Singles Yacht
feet, is North America’s deepest lake.
Club Northwest Harvest Benefit, NOOD, Seattle Downtown
Sailing Series, an Annual Grassroots Optimist Scholarship,
Chesapeake Bay is the largest of 130
estuaries in the United States.
Leukemia Cup, Three Tree Point Yacht Club Summer Sailing
Series, Optimist West Coast Championship, Sloop Tavern Benefit
Phycology is the study of seaweed.
Regatta…(among others)
Sea foam, which can be white,
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greenish or brownish, is caused by
North Sails Seattle is staffed by sailors. We live, work and sail in
pulverized plankton, the froth being
your communities. We have extensive experience with boats up to
their cells and their fat that’s whipped
160 feet. Our 5,000 square foot fully staffed facility is conveniently
into suds. located above Fisheries Supply. Special appointments or pick
up and delivery can easily be arranged to expand our regular
In January 1861, Swedish engineer
weekday loft hours of 9 am - 6 pm.
John Ericsson completed building the
ironclad Monitor for the U.S. Navy in VALUEnull
only 118 days.
We are a local sailmaking team with the benefit of worldwide
backing. A sail purchase from North Sails Seattle includes
Annually, rip currents cause the
measurement of your boat, checking your new sail on your boat
drownings of more than 100 people in
and a personal demonstration of how best to use and care for
the United States, and account for 80
your sail investment. We make it our job to care about your
percent of all beach rescues.
sailing experience.
Sand accretion is beach sand
buildup, such as when it forms hills or
buries posted beach signs.
North Sails Seattle
Mariners Square above Fisheries Supply
In June 2006, sand artists built a sand
Hours: M-F 9am - 6pm
castle on Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
www.northsails.com • (206) 632-5753
taller than a three-story building.
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