Updates:
1st Voyage
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About us
This miniboat project is supported by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and is part of the work of a collaborative group called STUDENT ENGINEERS ADVANCING OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (SEAoTech). The goal of SEAoTech is to bring new hands-on STEAM programs to communities in the Homer, Kachemak Bay, and Lower Cook Inlet area of Alaska. One of the programs is the Educational Passages Miniboat Program, and the other is the Open CTD project. Partners include: Blue World Research Institute, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Blackbeard Biologic, and Educational Passages.
Students at Chapman School in Homer, Alaska have been working closely with Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies staff and their teacher, Mr. Herbst, on the project. Their first miniboat was APAK (click here to explore), and during the 2023-2024 school year they assembled their second which they named 907 SEAS.
Check out the pictures from the 907 Seas 1st launch:
The boat was safely recovered and returned to Chapman School to await its second voyage.
2nd Voyage
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Voyage 2 begins: August 2024
The 907 Seas was relaunched in August. Here’s a picture from the deck on August 27:
The boat has two GPS systems onboard. The reports from the main GPS are showing on the map at the top of this page here (which updates once per day with location reports every 6 hours). Here below is where you can see the data reporting from the second GPS which is connected to the sensor package. In addition to reporting location with a secondary GPS tracker, this system is also collecting air temperature, water temperature, and orientation. Note that some points show the boat’s transit to the launch site and are not of the miniboat at sea.
This miniboat project is supported by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and is part of the work of a collaborative group called STUDENT ENGINEERS ADVANCING OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (SEAoTech). The goal of SEAoTech is to bring new hands-on STEAM programs to communities in the Homer, Kachemak Bay, and Lower Cook Inlet area of Alaska. One of the programs is the Educational Passages Miniboat Program, and the other is the Open CTD project. Partners include: Blue World Research Institute, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Blackbeard Biologic, and Educational Passages.
