Head on over to rowboatclassroom.org right now to follow the Adventure: Mississippi River expedition live and in real-time. The crew departed Mississippi River headwaters on September 2nd, 2014, and is rowing all ~2,400 miles of the “Father of Waters” from it’s source in Minnesota to its terminus at the Gulf of Mexico. They are delivering […]
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The JRH is coming home
This morning aboard the tugboat Sentry, Jordan & Markus and the whole tug boat crew finally made contact with the James Robert Hanssen. Today is a great day. This was no small feat, and was the product of intense collaboration between many faces and organizations. We’ll tell you all about them in our next post. In the […]
Let me start this off by giving thanks to the men and women of the United States Coast Guard and the Captain and Crew of the MV Heijin. It can never be said enough. Just Another Sunrise It was the last half hour or so of Adam’s and my 4-hour rowing shift. Dawn was […]
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Safe on dry land
Last night (4/7/13) at 9:45pm EDT, the courageous crew of the “James Robert Hanssen” set foot on dry land in San Juan, Puerto Rico, reunited with family members after a harrowing 12 hours at sea in a life raft. 73 days and 2,700 nautical miles into a first-ever attempt at a mainland Africa to mainland North […]
The crew is arriving at 6pm Eastern Daylight Time aboard the commercial vessel Heijan. They are uninjured, shaken, but excited to get back to land this evening to reunite with family and friends, and share the challenges and great successes from the 73 days at sea prior to the capsize. More to follow. Greg Spooner […]