OAR Northwest has just made history.

The foursome, made up of Bainbridge native Greg Spooner, Brad Vickers, Dylan LeValley and Jordan Hanssen, crossed the finish line at the Bishop’s Rock Lighthouse in the Isles of Scilly at 15:26 Greenwich Mean time, or 8:26 a.m. local time, to win the 2006 Shepherds Ocean Four Race.

The crew not only won the race, but also set the United States record for the shortest time spent rowing from the U.S. to the U.K.

They’ll also be the first Americans in history to successfully row from the U.S. mainland to the British mainland as they plan to continue rowing to Falmouth, 84 miles from the lighthouse.

They may put in somewhere closer like Land’s End, just 54 miles past the finish line.

The crew hit a snag on their way to the finish in the past few days, rowing just 8.1 statute miles in the past 33 hours.

Still, their boat the James Robert Hanssen finished 350 sm ahead of the Yorkshire Warrior and 640 sm of Team Hesco.

The two other boats are struggling as well, with one boat losing ground from the finish line due to bad weather.

Once they make landfall, the OAR Northwest foursome will fly home with their boat. Lynden, Inc., a international transportation solutions company based out of Lynden and Cargolux, a cargo airliner base in Luxembourg, Germany, will work together to get the boat home.

To send a message of congratulations, visit www.oarnorthwest.com.