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FOX SCULPTURE

"The Voyage of the Fox"

(c) Wm Barth Osmundsen, Sculptor

 

George Harbo & Frank Samuelsen crossed the Atlantic in 1896,

in just 55 days, rowing in a 18 foot Surf Boat.  They had no motor,

no sails and no shelter.  This 4 foot sculpture made for a planned

Monument speaks to the courage, endurance and strength of

two Norwegian-American Fisherman.

 

 

Read our 22 page publication on this project 

 

 

 Information please?
Do you have any old articles or memorabilia pertaining to the Voyage,
Fox, Harbo or Samuelsen. 
i.e.
Photographs
New York Times 1886-
Police Gazette 1886-
Nordisk Tidende 1886-
New York Herald 1886-
Information about the Huber Museum
on 14th St., NY, NY where the Fox was
exhibited upon their return.
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Newly found:-

1930's account of Harbo & Samuelsen's

transatlantic crossing in,

Voyagers Unafraid,

"Row, Sailor, Row", by Irvin Anthony, pub. 1930, A.L.Burt Co.

 

read an excerpt:-

"The one quality both men had to possess was the infinite patience to carry on, to settle to a routine within their strength, and take things as they came without worry.  That ability was the gift of their heredity.  No more stubborn, steady-minded sailors than the Scandinavian seamen have ever wrung a living from the sea.  It was all in a day's work, no matter what happened.  No trace of excited flurry, of neurotic anxiety, haunted their

voyage.  If it blew, well it would stop in time, if the weather were kind, they did not yield to the desire for a spurt.  There is no use in pulling a heavily-laden boat harder than a certain gait .  Backs tire, arms stiffen, breath stabs.  Pace outwares all haste.  The Fox had to reach her goal, and that lay three thousand miles over her nose".

Special thanks to the
Long Branch Iceboat & Yacht Club,
Tony Bray, Commador &
Dick Hauter, Keeper of the Fox
for providing a full set of plans
drawn by the son of the
original builder of the Fox.
 
 
Did you know???
That the Voyage of the Fox, in 1896,
created an ongoing quest to match
Harbo & Samuelsen's achievement.
They were in many ways like the first
men to climb Mt. Everest.
When they rowed across the Atlantic
it had never been attempted or achieved.
Today ORS was formed as 
The Ocean Rowing Society.
Nobody! has matched Harbo & Samuelsen's
time of 55 days which stands today for over 100 years
 
 
 
The Sculpture was researched and inspired in-part by a book written by David Shaw
"Daring the Sea"