Day: November 21, 2016

Debut of a “Rock Star”

See full story at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/news/features/regatta/rockstar.html November 8, 2016 Contact: Shelley Dawicki Print Version Boat will be NEFSC testbed for new sensors Another Manning-Educational Passages collaboration involves a new sensor package on the miniboats to obtain more information about environmental conditions. Up to now they have been equipped with a GPS sensor to provide latitude and longitude so […]


Atlantic Miniboat Regatta will Link Students from North America and Europe

Full story can be found at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/news/features/regatta/ November 8, 2016 Contact: Shelley Dawicki Print Version NEFSC researcher helps track miniboats Schools from seven countries and 34 miniboats are expected to participate in the first Atlantic Miniboat Regatta, an international education project to encourage students in North America and Europe to send their boats across the Atlantic using […]


Unmanned Sailboat and Surface Drifter Cross Atlantic, At Different Speeds

November 8, 2016 Contact: Shelley Dawicki Print Version Full story can be found http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/pr2016/scispot/ss1616/lancer-and-drifter.html NEFSC oceanographer keeps track of drifters and miniboats Student Kaitlyn Dow was excited to assemble and launch a mini-sailboat named “Lancer,” a project for her marine science class with Michael O’Connor at Waterford, CT High School last spring. Fourth grade students in Martha […]


Improving Ocean Observing Systems Goal of Novel Projects

Full story can be found at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/pr2016/scispot/ss1616/ November 8, 2016 Contact: Shelley Dawicki Print Version Improving Ocean Observing Systems Goal of Novel Projects New eco-friendly drifters may aid response to Cape Cod turtle strandings Using low-cost sensor technology in novel ways has become a hallmark of Jim Manning’s many research projects, whether they be ocean drifters used […]