More than a Patchwork Craft
History is littered with famous shipwrecks. Of course, the Titanic is arguably the most famous, but the ocean floor is littered with the broken hulls of famous disasters. One famous shipwreck that doesn’t entirely get its due, however, is one that happened in the mid-to-late 1960’s and about which we’ve all chuckled at one time or another - the shipwreck on Gilligan’s Island. Of all the times when the zany crew of castaways had chances to get off the uncharted island in the South Pacific, the incident involving Gilligan's industrial-strength pancake syrup is probably one of the best. In short, the crew, for some reason, believed that the composite syrup was the answer to their dreams and that they'd be able to repair gaping holes in their boat with the sticky stuff and some two-by-fours. Not so much. If only they'd had some fiberglass on the island, they could've considered finishing the job. After all, fiberglass as a product was invented in 1932 by Rus