| Burgoo | 1) 17th C. A gruel or porridge made of oatmeal or any available grain as minimal basic sustenance for sailing ship crew. Seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter. Lascar seamen may have (when almost starving ?) gratefully called it "Bar-goo" meaning "faeces of the sacred cow" in Hindi. 2) Name of the Pearson Invicta class 38 foot yacht, the smallest winner, and the first made of fiberglass, that won win the Bermuda Yacht Race 1964 in just over 80 Hours. |
