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Re: Joshua Slocum's navigational methods
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:15 EDT
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 17, 23:15 EDT
Bill wrote:
"If memory serves me, most sailors of old did not know how to
swim."
And Jared wrote:
"(NYC very early 1900's) remarked
that at that time, swimming was foreign to the lower/middle classes, at
least in the city, with something like only 10-20% of the general population
having any idea of how to swim."
that at that time, swimming was foreign to the lower/middle classes, at
least in the city, with something like only 10-20% of the general population
having any idea of how to swim."
Interesting. I wonder when swimming first became a 'mandatory' part of
education. I can't swim more than a few strokes, but that makes me an
anomaly.
-FER
http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
