Tag: Guinness World Record

The World’s Longest Bridge Over Water: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

6/3/2024 - By Tony Dunnell. The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water. IN 1969, LOUISIANA’S LAKE Pontchartrain Causeway was officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest bridge over water in the world. Then, in 2011, a rival claim from China threatened to oust the nearly 24-mile bridge from the top… SEE MORE

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Paddlers Seek to Break Guinness World Record

8/16/2022 - By Paddling Magazine Staff. The "Paddle for the Bay" event hopes to recruit enough canoes and kayaks to break the current record of a continuous parade, and fundraise an environmental effort for Barnegat Bay while doing so. Paddler Sandy Rinderer has a unique idea for an environmental effort — take… SEE MORE

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Teen Set To Be Youngest To Sail Solo East to West

7/19/2022 - By Emily Sweeney. A 16-year-old boy with ties to Massachusetts is sailing across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. Cal Currier left Marion on June 27 and on Friday reached the Azores, which are nine volcanic islands that are part of Portugal. “I thought it would take 25 days to get… SEE MORE

633 Divers Set World Record Cleaning Ocean Floor

Coastal News

6/17/2019 - By Wayne Roustan. Another of the estimated 50,000 Guinness World Records has been broken and it happened Saturday when 633 scuba divers scooped up trash from the ocean floor near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier. Guinness adjudicator Michael Empric made a rare trip from New York City to do… SEE MORE