Frank Samuelsen og George Harbo

Tegning av Frank Samuelsen og George Harbo fra 22. august 1896.
Tegning av Frank Samuelsen og George Harbo i båten «The Fox», som de krysset Atlanteren med.

Frank Samuelsen (født Gabriel Samuelsen 26. februar 1870 i Farsund i Vest-Agder i Norge, død 1946 i Farsund, Norge) og George Harbo (født Gottleb Harbo Ragnhildrød 14. september 1864 i Sandar i Vestfold i Norge, død 1909 i USA) var to norske emigranter til USA som i 1896 ble de første til å ro over Atlanterhavet.

George Harbo var fisker og Frank Samuelsen var handelsmann. De fanget kamskjell ved Atlantic Highlands på New Jersey-kysten da de bestemte seg for å skape seg et navn ved å ro over Atlanterhavet.

Med støtte fra utgiveren av Police Gazette, Richard Fox, som hadde støttet flere lignende prosjekter tidligere, fikk de bygget en 18-fots klinkbygd robåt i eik med vannfaste spanter i sedertre, et par vanntette flyte­tanker og to tofter. Båten var utstyrt med håndtak for å hjelpe dem å snu båten hvis den kantret, noe som reddet livet deres ute på havet. Om bord hadde de et kompass, en sekstant, et eksemplar av Nautical Almanac, oljehyrer og tre ekstra sett årer. De satte ut fra The Battery i New York 6. juni 1896 og ankom Scillyøyene utenfor kysten av Cornwall i England etter 55 dager i sjøen.

Partnerne feiret suksessen og lastet så robåten ombord på en dampbåt for turen tilbake. Damperen gikk tom for kull utenfor kysten av Cape Cod, og da kapteinen beordret alt tremateriale ombord til å lage damp for resten av turen, låret Samuelsen og Harbo båten sin og rodde tilbake til New York.

Samuelsen og Harbo oppnådde aldri noen stor berømmelse eller formue på senere foredragsturneer, og de fikk aldri noen premiepenger fra Fox, kun et par gullmedaljer. Rekorden for kryssing av Nord-Atlanteren i robåt uansett type i klassen for to personer står fortsatt den dag i dag. Til sammenligning er rekorden for raskeste kryssing over Atlanterhavet for to roere med moderne båt 40 dager. For fire roere er rekorden 29 dager. Norsk rekord for kryssing av Nord-Atlanteren av fire roere i en moderne båt er 35 dager.[1]

Loggboken deres og en journal diktert av Harbo eksisterer fortsatt. I 1985 skrev folkesangeren Jerry Bryant The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelsen. I 2016 gav Ingvild Koksvik ut sangen "Gabriel" som omhandler ferden over Atlanteren.

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  1. ^ dagbladet.no, 1. august 2010: Slettet 114 år gammel norsk verdensrekord.

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