Thomas Fleming Day

He was the founding editor of The Rudder, a monthly magazine about boats.

He was born in Somerset, England, in March 1861, emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was a young boy, and was brought up on Long Island Sound.

[1] In 1890, he founded The Rudder, "A monthly journal devoted to aquatic sport and trade," which he edited until April 1916.

[2] In 1911 he and Frederick B. Thurber and Theodore R. Goodwin sailed the Atlantic Ocean in the Sea Bird.

[6][7] Day was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame on November 9, 2019.