Who rowed the Atlantic in 1966 with John Ridgway?
John Ridgway (sailor) John Ridgway (sailor) John Ridgway, MBE, (born 1938), is a British yachtsman and rower. Ridgway was educated at the Pangbourne Nautical College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1966, whilst a Captain in the Parachute Regiment, Ridgway, together with Chay Blyth, rowed across the North Atlantic in a 20 ft open dory called English Rose III. They successfully completed this in 92 days. He entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968, in an attempt to become the first person to sail single-handed non-stop around the world, but retired from the race in Recife, Brazil. In 1969 he
John L. Ridgway John L. Ridgway John Livzey Ridgway (28 February 1859, Mount Carmel, Illinois – 27 December 1947, Glendale, California) (also known as John Livsey Ridgway or John Livesy Ridgway) was an American scientific illustrator and brother of ornithologist Robert Ridgway. Ridgway collaborated with his brother on ornithological illustration and published his own works. Ridgway was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois to David and Henrietta Reed Ridgway, and attended public schools in Illinois. Robert Ridgway brought him to work as a copyist and draftsman for the United States National Museum in the 1880s. Ridgway was a draftsman for the United States Geological