Gerald F. Spiess (January 24, 1940 – June 18, 2019) was an American school teacher best known for having sailed his 10-foot (3.0 m) home-built sailboatYankee Girl solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 and across the Pacific in 1981.[1][2]
gerry, spiess, gerald, spiess, january, 1940, june, 2019, american, school, teacher, best, known, having, sailed, foot, home, built, sailboat, yankee, girl, solo, across, atlantic, ocean, 1979, across, pacific, 1981, borngerald, spiess, 1940, january, 1940sain. Gerald F Spiess January 24 1940 June 18 2019 was an American school teacher best known for having sailed his 10 foot 3 0 m home built sailboat Yankee Girl solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1979 and across the Pacific in 1981 1 2 Gerry SpiessBornGerald F Spiess 1940 01 24 January 24 1940Saint Paul Minnesota U S DiedJune 18 2019 2019 06 18 aged 79 Pine County Minnesota U S OccupationSchool teacherKnown forSailing single handed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 10 foot 3 0 m sailboat Contents 1 Sailboat construction 2 Legacy 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingSailboat construction editSpiess designed and built the boat in his garage in suburban White Bear Lake Minnesota from plywood After a test launch in the local lake Spiess transported the boat to the East Coast for launch 3 He sailed from Norfolk Virginia on June 1 1979 arriving in Falmouth England after a 54 day Atlantic crossing 4 5 Legacy editIn 1991 a tribute song 6 was written about Mr Spiess journey with Yankee Girl See also editTinkerbelle the story of a similar sailing feat in 1965 References edit Obituary for Gerald F Gerry Spiess Alone against the Atlantic Minnesota adventurer Gerry Spiess dies at 79 Spiess Gerry Bree Marlin 1981 Alone Against the Atlantic Minneapolis Control Data Publishing ISBN 0 89893 506 7 OCLC 7577810 Los Angeles Times July 24 1979 New York Times Notes on People July 25 1979 Across the Atlantic and Pacific in 10 Sailboat Yankee Girl Kori Derrick February 3 2017 Further reading editBroken Seas Bree Marlin 2005 Marlor Publishing ISBN 978 1892147097 nbsp This Minnesota related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerry Spiess amp oldid 1114255732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
