Rye NH kids behind Norway-bound mini boat on NBC News
Rye Junior High School students' miniature boat reached Norway this winter after a 462-day voyage. They were interviewed on NBC national news show
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Rye Junior High School students' miniature boat reached Norway this winter after a 462-day voyage. They were interviewed on NBC national news show
When a group of Rye Junior High School students in New Hampshire set sail a five-foot-long boat into the Atlantic in October 2020, they were not sure what to expect. While some were optimistic it would wash ashore in Europe, many believed the tiny vessel, called Rye Riptides, would get destroyed along the way. On February 1, 2022, the skeptics were proved wrong when the partially dismantled boat washed ashore 8,300 miles away on a small island near Dyrnes, Norway.
“It’s just been an adventure. Every day when we would check on (the boat), it was just crazy,” said Rye Junior High School student Jack Facella.
The little boat traveled over 8,000 miles across the Atlantic and was found by a sixth grade student in Norway
A boat sent off by a group of middle schoolers in New Hampshire was found off the coast of Norway 462 days later.