tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31851549930079605252012-02-16T04:30:02.857-08:00First Trans-Atlantic Crossing by OutboardAl Groverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523904684590996573noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185154993007960525.post-76314285255093604382008-02-14T06:56:00.000-08:002008-02-14T07:03:44.774-08:00

This is the only video footage of Al Grover's 1985 record crossing of the North Atlantic by outboard. Dr. David Ross shot the video in 1985. Ross was also making a Trans-Atlantic crossing in his 60' boat, "Mystic," when he spotted the 26' Groverbuilt, which he assumed was in distress.

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By Al Grover, as told to Polly Whittell, Motorboating and YachtingMy love affair with boats began at the age of twelve. I used to work weekend fishing on the old wooden Verity skiffs that were used for decades on the south shore of Long Island. We'd come into an inlet at night when it was all whitewater--there weren't even jetties then-- and these boats would go right through the breakers just

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