9 August Watery World News is a new feature dedicated to our watery planet and the things that people do on the water other than sail. This week a double feature in Watery World News. The Goss Atlantic Row team set a new world rowing record from Jersey to Poole. They rowed 91.5 miles in a time of 14 hours 31 minutes 55 seconds for an average of 6.3 knots. They rowed a 27-foot boat.
Jersey is an island to the south of England near France.
Poole is located on England's south coast. In a reminder that Ernest Hemmingway's Old Man and the Sea is set approximately this time of the year, and that the 'Yankee Clipper' Joe Dimaggio is mentioned we bring you a fishing item. On August 1, a swordfish leapt into a fisherman's boat. The fish stabbed the fisherman with its bill. The fishes' sword went through the victim, Joe Rojas Mayarita.