Crew of the Heraclitus

August 2011, Barcelona: (top, left to right) Captain Claus Tober, Natxo Tarres, Pablo Friedlander, Douglas Clayton-Pearson, Jason Winder, Joan Canet, Igor Tojcic, Captain Rip Hayman, Oddur; (middle row) Oriol Tarrago Costa, Kathelin Gray, Nick Hurt, Abigail Shapiro; (front) Myriam M'Nasri, Christine Handte, Iris Ramon Tarribo, Maybelline Laporte

Current Crew

August 2010, the Heraclitus crew in Faial Island, Azores, a quick stopover on the way to Morocco during the North Atlantic crossing.

(Top row, left to right) Mo Yip (crew), Iordanis Charalampides (crew), Juan Campos Lopez (3rd Mate), Jethro Tanner (crew), Gilson Nagel (2nd Mate), Claus Tober (Captain), Joan Smith
(Bottom row, left to right) Carlos Vindel (crew), Abigail Shapiro (crew), Rio Hahn (former captain), Christine Handte (Expedition Chief), Lyn-Li Torres Pugh (crew), Eddie Zuna (1st Mate)

July 2008, the Heraclitus crew currently in Simonstown, South Africa rebuilding the ship in Dry Dock by the Indian Ocean, take time after work by the shores of the Atlantic twenty minutes away to contemplate the future voyage to Brazil.

Standing, Left to Right: Craig Inglis, George Blake, Michelle Hughes, Federica Chimenti, Claus Tober, Dario Sorgato. Front, left to right: Eddie Zuna, Christine Handte, Tim Wade

The current crew on the R/V Heraclitus on February 5, 2008 at Richards Bay

R/V Heraclitus crew photo taken March 23, 2007 in Phuket, Thailand.

Standing, left to right: Frederik Hegeler (German), Lauren Kennedy, 3rd Mate (American), Jonah Mesnitz (American), Eddie Zuna, 1st Mate (Solomon Islands), Robert Harper (American), Michelle Lavon (American), Anna Hope (British), Craig Inglis (British), Jason Winder, 2nd Mate (British), Rafael Aisner (American).
Sitting, left to right: Claus Tober, Captain (German), Federica Chimenti (Italian), Natalie Harrison (British), Christine Handte, Expedition Chief (German).

R/V Heraclitus crew photo from the "Coral Sea To Aegean Sea" Expedition, taken October 16, 2006 while at anchor off Thursday Island, located in the Torres Straits, north of Cape York, Australia.

Standing, left to right: Robert "Rio" Hahn (Presigent: Tropic Seas Research, Inc., [Operating Company of the R/V Heraclitus] American), Adrian William Harley (Trainee, Australian), Christine Handte (Expedition Chief, German), Claus Tober (Captain, German), Jay Winder (2nd Mate, Trainee, British-Irish), Frederik Hegeler (Trainee, French-German), Paul Wise (Trainee, Australian), Rafael Aisner (Trainee, American-Peruvian).
Kneeling, left to right: Robyn Tredwell (Director of Australian Operations: Tropic Seas Research, Inc., Australian), Federica Chimenti (Trainee, Italian), Kat Taylor (Trainee, Australian), Eddie Zuna (1st Mate, Solomon Islands), Lauren Kennedy (3rd Mate, Trainee, American).