KØHB wrote:

"Mike Coslo" wrote


Now was this true, or was it just a story, a fictional tale, or a
fable if you wish, obviously exaggerated, and only intended to
illustrate a point.



The amateur sailors name is Gerry Spiess. Hails from near me, White
Bear Lake, Minnesota, and in 1979 sailed his 10-foot boat homebrewed
(out of used plywood) sailboat, "Yankee Girl" from Norfolk, Virginia to
Falmouth, England.

Talk about brass cojones!

- Mike KB3EIA -