Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha bakwai Rodgers ya zama na farko na jirgin ruwa mai suna "Harmony" da Kyaftin Folger. A lokacin da Rodgers ya kammala karatunsa na shekaru biyar a shekara ta 1793, Folger ya ba shi shawarar sosai don jagorancin jirgin ruwa mai suna "Jane" wanda aka yi amfani da shi a cikin kasuwancin Turai kuma mallakar manyan 'yan kasuwa na Baltimore Samuel da John Smith. Rodgers ya yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin din wannan jirgi tsakanin shekaru hudu zuwa biyar, yana tafiya daga Baltimore zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa daban-daban a Turai. Tafiyarsa ta farko ta kai shi tashar jiragen ruwa ta Cadiz a farkon watanni na 1793, ya koma gida da gishiri. Tafiya ta gaba ta Rodgers ta tura shi zuwa Hamburg, Jamus, amma saboda mawuyacin yanayi a Tekun Arewa ya tilasta shi ya sauka a Ingila don hunturu kuma bai isa inda yake ba har sai bazara na shekara mai zuwa. A watan Satumbar 1795 ya tashi zuwa Baltimore daga Liverpool, ya isa gida bayan tafiya da ya cinye watanni uku. Yawancin abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin da yake umurni na "Jane" za a iya tabbatar da su daga littattafan jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa da ke rufe lokacin Yuli-Agusta 1796, lokacin da Faransa da Ingila ke cikin yaki
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin jirgin "Jane" ne Rodgers ya mallaki fasahar jagorancin jirgin, wanda basirar ya zo masa da sauri.