TRIVIA NIGHT

[CaribbeanCraig]

Answer with the question quoted .

Name the worlds oldest yacht manufacturer ....

[StuM]

Name the worlds oldest yacht manufacturer.

Noah.
"After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth"

[rebel heart]

Originally Posted by CaribbeanCraig

Answer with the question quoted .

Name the worlds oldest yacht manufacturer ....

No idea, and tough because how far back to you go, the guys building Nile river sailboats in 2000BC?

I'll take a stab at this guys who built the Endurance. Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[CaribbeanCraig]

It is believed to be The Camper and Nicholson Company as the 1st documented yacht manufacturing company .

Wiki~~Camper and Nicholsons are the oldest leisure marine company in the world .

[StuM]

Name the worlds oldest yacht manufacturer.
Noah lived a bit longer than 500 years:
"And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and
he died."

[CaribbeanCraig]

Originally Posted by StuM

Name the worlds oldest yacht manufacturer.
Noah lived a bit longer than 500 years:
"And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and
he died."

I hear ya ! hence~ the question should have been ask correctly .

[CaribbeanCraig]

Name the 1st person to sail around the world alone nonstop .

[skipmac]

That's an easy one, Robin Knox-Johnston.

[CaribbeanCraig]

Originally Posted by skipmac

That's an easy one, Robin Knox-Johnston.

NO ! It's Mr Nonstop Nox-Johnston ..

[CaribbeanCraig]

Of course anybody can ask a fun question on this thread ..

[skipmac]

First US non-stop solo circumnavigation?

[CaribbeanCraig]

Originally Posted by skipmac

First US non-stop solo circumnavigation?

John Glenn ?

[skipmac]

What was the largest sailboat sailed singlehanded trans-Atlantic?

[Dsanduril]

What is the proper nautical term for that piece of small stuff that you use to tie-off your halyards and keep them from banging against the mast (for those of us that still have external halyards)?

[Boatguy30]

Originally Posted by skipmac

First US non-stop solo circumnavigation?

Dodge Morgan

Joker down the street from me is leaving this month to "beat" his record on a 20 foot larger and much higher performance boat with satelite communication and on demand weather and routing. Some challenge!