Do you know that one of the first marine auto pilots was developed and manufactured here in Puget Sound by a Tacoma firm which later went onto help develop the NEMA 1083data interface system...
"In 1926, Wood Freeman was salmon trolling along the Pacific Northwest Coast when a boom broke loose, struck him, broke his jaw in three places and knocked out his teeth. Unable to remain standing, he lay on the galley table for three days and steered the vessel home with his feet while watching the ship¹s compass in a mirror balanced on his chest....."
Read more of the Iron Mike story at http://www.woodfreeman.com/history.html
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