Boat Life — All Hands On Deck

High Seas

Trying to drink a beer on the high seas outside of Louisiana.

It's not an easy task chugging a beer on high seas in a speed boat. Two to four outboards power most high-performance center consoles. Speeds range from 60 to 85 mph.

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The More You Know

  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
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