Cod Wars Iceland, as the Soviet Union, seeking influence in Iceland, stepped in to purchase Icelandic fish. The United States, fearing greater Soviet influence in Iceland, also did so and persuaded Spain and Italy to do likewise. Soviet and American involvement resulted in weakening the punitive effects of the British landing ban. Some scholars refer to the dispute of 1952 to 1956 as one of the Cod Wars, as the object of the dispute and its costs and risks were all similar to those in the other three Cod Wars. Just as the other Cod Wars, the dispute ended with Iceland achieving
Cape Cod Knockabout general use as pleasure craft in southern New England. The Cape Cod Knockabout Association holds an annual regatta each summer which is held at one of the above four Cape Cod locations on a rotating basis. Around 20 boats attend this regatta each year. Cape Cod Ship Building in Wareham manufactures the boat. Cape Cod Knockabout A Cape Cod Knockabout, or Knockabout, is a one-design class of sail boat sailed primarily out of Upper Cape harbors in Massachusetts, United States. Cape Cod Knockabouts were designed by Charles S. Gurney and were popular in Massachusetts between the 1940s and 1970s, with