Students from Harbor View Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, USA (pictured) are hoping to relaunch their educational miniature sailboat, the HVES Cruiser, and need your help!

Published 4 years ago

Students from Harbor View Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, USA (pictured) are hoping to relaunch their educational miniature sailboat, the HVES Cruiser, and need your help!

In 2017 the 1.5m long unmanned miniboat was built and launched into the Atlantic with a GPS tracker as part of the Educational Passages Miniboat Program. After 154 days at sea and traveling over 10,000 km, it landed on a beach in Fahy, Co. Mayo, Ireland and was brought to the Drumgallagh National School in Ballycroy. After connecting classrooms, the boat was brought down to Cork where it was repaired by Walsh Boat Works and is now awaiting relaunch.

Do you know someone who could take this or another miniboat aboard their vessel and launch it into the Atlantic for it to follow the currents back to the US?

Please contact Cassie Symiest at cassie@educationalpassages.org or Michael McGlynn at ms.mcglynn@hotmail.com if you can help.

Visit https://educationalpassages.org/boats/hvescruiser/ for more information and to read the full story.