Tiny Ron Taylor Tiny Ron Taylor Ronald "Tiny Ron" Taylor (born November 21, 1947) is an American film actor and former basketball player. He is possibly best known as Lothar in "The Rocketeer" (1991) and as Roc in "" (1994), roles that exploited his 7 ft (2.13 m) frame and craggy features. He also played Al, the tall police detective whose face is never seen, in "The Naked Gun" (1988) and on the TV series "Police Squad!". He has also appeared on television, including seven episodes of "" as the Hupyrian manservant Maihar'du, and two episodes of "" as the alpha Idrin. Taylor
Tall Ships Challenge Tall Ships Challenge The 'TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE®' is an annual event organized by Tall Ships America alternating in a three year cycle between the Great Lakes, the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts of North America. The event draws hundreds of thousands of people to witness beautiful tall ships from the age of sail and provides a unique opportunity for the participants to interact with the crews of different vessels in friendly rivalry as they race from port to port. The series began in 2001 on the Great Lakes and saw vessels from six countries and visited seven US and Canadian