Boats are slow. Water drags on a moving body much more than air, which is why hydrofoils and catamarans go so much faster than conventional hulled boats: Less of them touch the speed-sapping water.

The capsizing of the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin ... There were life preservers on the boat, but few availed themselves of them. There is mourning in Red Wing as nearly all were from there.” ...

Captain David Niles Wethern typically used his 135-foot steamboat Sea Wing to tow log ... for shipment to Red Wing. At 6:10 Monday morning, that boat arrived at the city levee.

The capsizing of the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin in 1890 made it one ... When the ship flipped over, they were trapped inside the upside-down boat and drowned. Ninety eight passengers ...