Bill Verity Sets Off For America
May 1969; Bill Verity sets off for America in the 'Saint Brendan II'. The journey will taken him from Fenit Pier to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Verity built the boat to prove the theory that St Brendan discovered the USA 1000 years before Columbus.
Photo ID: KXT013
Created: May 01, 1969
Author: © Padraig & Joan Kennelly/Kennelly Archive
© Kennelly Archive
Photo size: 22.9 Mpixels (65.6 MB uncompressed) - 5888x3894 pixels (19.6x13 in / 49.9x33 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1969, Co. Kerry, Fenit, Ireland, News, Record Breaking Events, Related Images 690092, Sailing, Sixties
