“Three Men in a Tub: Spam, the Pee Bottle, and Other Tales of Derring-Do on the High Seas from Lake Erie to Finland”
In the summer and fall of 2023 three Cliftonites crossed the Atlantic in a sailboat.
The Craft: Clio of Cincinnati, a 32’ Bayfield, Sailed from Port Clinton, Ohio, to the Russian border near Kotka, Finland.
The Crew:
Owner: Willard Sunderland, Russian history professor at the University of Cincinnati, who dreamed of recreating John Quincy Adams’ voyage as the first ambassador to Russia in 1809 aboard the Horace.
Captain: Tom Lohre, an experienced ocean sailor and neighbor to Will, who volunteered to teach him to sail and worked with him to refurbish Clio for the journey.
First Mate: Chuck Lohre, who retired in 2019 and volunteered to assist the journey.
The crew spoke at
Ludlow Wines & Craft Beers
339 Ludlow Ave. Cincinnati Ohio
513-751-3727
6:30 Thursday February 29, 2024
Enjoy a glass of wine! Free Dramamine served!