I am trying to find a wooden-hulled boat called the R/V Hero.
This is a very special boat (aren't they all?) because it was designed and built specifically as a research vessel for Antarctic service. It has some unique features, including extensive use of greenheart beams to ice-strengthen it. Some "Ice" friends and I keep track of all things related to the southern continent, especially US Antarctic Program history. Unfortunately, we seem to have lost 'er.
Until a few years ago is was a kind of floating museum in Reedsport, OR. It went through a series of owners after Reedsport auctioned it off; the Hero was last seen docked in Newport, OR. That was last year.
I called the Newport marina and talked to a very nice lady who seemed to think it was sold to the Sea Scouts, however the trail has dead-ended there. More history can be found here.
Have you seen the HERO lately? If so, where is it?
REWARD! Okay, well, I'll buy you a beer at the Port Townsend brewery at the next opportunity.
Glenn
Port Townsend
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