Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
Looks like he crashed while doing pilgrim wakeboarding.
Funny, but if he hadn't grabbed that topsail halyard I, and many others, wouldn't be here today.

The Howland/Mayflower painting is contemporary - there's only one painting of a Mayflower Pilgrim from that era, of Edward Winslow. We really don't know much about what the others looked like. It's been said that Myles Standish, head of security in the Plymouth colony, wasn't very tall - but he was one tough customer. The pilgrims nicknamed him "Captain Shrimp".