Let's backup a little - Eddy and Jan built this boat in Norway.

It is a fiberglass version of a classic wood lapstrake boat that has been built for centuries.  Jan told me there are more of these boats in Scandinavia that there are cars.  It is 17' long with a 4.5' beam and weighs about 400 pounds.

Eddy was a cook on an ocean going freighter, so took a job on a boat from Scandinavia to NYC, loading the boat on that ship.  Then they trucked it to the headwaters of the Mississippi River where Eddy and his high school friend Jan started their trip down the River.

Unfortunately, Customs held the boat for 30 days or so, and they didn't have enough time to finish the River.  We picked them up in Memphis and brought them and the boat back to Nashville where we unsuccessfully tried to sell it. 

They have a blog with lots of pictures.  You can navigate "The Blog" in the header or "Pictures" at: http://www.oldmensriver.com/