Columbia River Maritime Museum (OR)

MEET THE 2024-2025 FLEET

• Wallace Elementary: WOLVERINE
• Gaston Elementary: GREYHOUND 5

MEET THE 2023-2024 FLEET

• CRMM Community Build: Hull #37: PUFFIN’ STUFF
• Barnes Elementary: GRIZZLY BEAR
• Jewell School: TIDESTRIDER

MEET THE 2021-2022 FLEET

• Warrenton Middle School (Warrenton-Hammond School District, Oregon) Grade 6 with Heidi Lent – HULL #032: WILD – LIFE
• Columbia City Elementary School (Saint Helens School District, Oregon) Grade 5 with Yvonne Lewis & Tom Ray – HULL #033: FLAMES UNITE
• Wallace Elementary School (Kelso School District, Washington) Grade 5 with Tangi Bennett; STEM Advisor– Julie Toney – HULL #034: BOAT TO FREEDOM
• Roseway Heights Middle School (Portland Public Schools, Oregon) Grade 6- Margaret (MJ) Ruhlman; Grade 7- Daniel Jacobs; Grade 8- Stephanie Rege – HULL #035 & HULL #036:  DONUT EXPRESS and NESSIE

MEET THE 2020-2021 FLEET

• Warrenton Grade School (Warrenton, Oregon) and Nejo Junior High (Japan) Sailing from Japan: KIMURA-SENSEI; Sailing from North America: NATE THE GREAT
• Eisenhower Elementary (Vancouver, Washington) and Okuki Elementary (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: DESTINY
• CRMM Explorers Club (Astoria, Oregon) and Tanesashi Primary (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: GREAT NORTHERN
• Columbia City Elementary School (Columbia City, Oregon) and Kanehama Elementary (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: SECOND WIND

MEET THE 2019-2020 FLEET

• Wy’ East Middle School (Vancouver, Washington) and Tanesashi Primary School (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: LIBERTY; Sailing from Japan: KIZUNA GOU
• Columbia City Elementary School (Columbia City, Oregon) and Kanehama Elementary (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: PHILBERT; Sailing from Japan: GO GO KANEHAMA MARU III
• Warrenton Grade School (Warrenton, Oregon) and Okuki Elementary (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from North America: GOONIES; Sailing from Japan: KAERU GO GO

MEET THE 2018-2019 FLEET

• Richmond Elementary School (Portland, OR, USA) Sailing from Coos Bay, Oregon: COPPER ROSE and Kanehama Elementary School (Hachinohe, Japan) and Takagami Elementary School (Choshi, Japan) Sailing from Choshi, Japan: TAKAGAMI MARU
• Gearhart Elementary School (Gearhart, OR, USA) Sailing from North America: TITANTANIC and Okuki Elementary School (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from Hachinohe, Japan: LET’S GO! FRIENDS HOPE
• Gearhart Elementary School (Gearhart, OR, USA) Sailing from North America: AMERICAN SUNSET and Okuki Elementary School (Hachinohe, Japan) Sailing from Hachinohe, Japan: GO! GO! OKUKI GO
• Naselle Elementary School (Naselle, WA, USA) Sailing from North America: MAVERICK JR and Choshi Second Junior High School (Choshi, Japan) Sailing from Choshi, Japan: MANMARU

MEET THE 2017-2018 FLEET

• Hilda Lahti Elementary Sailing from U.S.: BOAT-A-LAHTI and Tanesashi Elementary Sailing from Japan: EAST OCEAN FRIENDS | 東海の友人
• Richmond Elementary Sailing from U.S.: NISHI KAZE and Kanehama Elementary Sailing from Japan: GO! GO! BEACH MARU! | Go! Go! 金浜丸
• Otto Petersen Elementary Sailing from U.S.: RED, WHITE & BLUE CREW and Tanesashi Elementary Sailing from Japan: TANESASHI MARU | 種差丸
• Astor School Sailing from U.S.: LIL’ BIG BOAT and Okuki Elementary Sailing from Japan: OKUKI MARU | 大久喜丸 
• Cedar Park Middle School Sailing from U.S.: PACIFIC LOTUS and Okuki Elementary Sailing from Japan: DREAM OKUKI | ドリーム大久喜
• Columbia River Maritime Museum Research Vessel COMCOMLY

How the CRMM Miniboat Program with Educational Passages Started

Students from the state of Oregon, Washington, and Aomori prefecture of Japan are embarking on a scientific and cultural exchange without ever leaving their classrooms, thanks to the Columbia River Maritime Museum. While the boats are at sea, students on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean are tracking their movements.

CRMM Miniboat Program from Columbia River Maritime Museum on Vimeo.