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Your Support Matters

Dear Friend,  With each miniboat launch, there is hope for new friendships to form, fostering global connections and inspiring young minds – like we have seen with the Lancer since 2016 – and Crimson Tide since 2012.  These are just two of the 212 miniboats that we have launched to date – and now there are hundreds of students and classrooms that need your help to continue. With your support, we […]


Straight from the students: How do you build a miniboat?

<!doctype html> Hear from the HRHS miniboat crew on their work in the latest podcast   October 2024 “Forward Facing, Forward Thinking” A NEW PODCAST EPISODE! We have kicked off SEASON 3 of our Educational Passages Podcast with the Hampshire Regional High School’s crew. Hear first-hand from the students and teachers about their miniboat building experience. Then scroll down […]


Recycle Regatta 2024 Results

THANK YOU to our 5th Annual Recycle Regatta participants for your support and engagement, and CONGRATULATIONS to our winners: Be sure to sign up for updates and announcements to join us next year! Visit RECYCLEREGATTA.INFO for more information.


Raven KASTER Miniboat Embarks on a New Journey with Upgraded Technology

PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Cassie Stymiest, Educational Passages, 207-619-1259, cassie@educationalpassages.org April 29, 2024 – The Raven KASTER, an educational uncrewed “miniboat” has embarked on a new journey from the coast of Ireland with an upgrade: solar powered GPS tracking and new sensor technology. Launched by scientists from the R/V Celtic Explorer on April 24, this miniboat is […]


Team is the Dream: Nantucket Miniboat Adventures Podcast

In this episode, Cassie talks with Lisa Swanson from Morristown Beard School in New Jersey. Lisa is currently on sabbatical and using her time to give back to her students and to Educational Passages, starting with an adventure to Nantucket, Massachusetts in February. The reason for the trip is explained, as well as other plans […]


Recycle Regatta 2024 is on now through April 30

The 5th Annual Recycle Regatta is now open through April 30, 2024! Apply the engineering method and help your students become environmental stewards as you repurpose recyclables into seaworthy vessels! Master buoyancy, engineering, and physics obstacles to race your boat creations to victory. The Recycle Regatta is a free, fun, hands-on competition for K-12 students to participate […]


Miniboat Data from Lancer

During the 2022-2023 school year, the National Marine Aquarium/Ocean Conservation Trust and Educational Passages collaborated around the Miniboat Lancer. Originally from a school in Connecticut, USA, the Lancer sailed with the wind and currents to Ireland, and then Plymouth, UK in 2017. It was upgraded with sensors during Project OCN and STEMFEST, and was launched […]


The Lancer Story: A Special 30-minute Webinar December 19

This 30-minute webinar event will share the inspirational story of the miniboat Lancer, which completed a circumnavigation of the Atlantic earlier this year. This science project, started by a student named Kaitlyn in 2016, has since connected individuals across five countries. See the story unfold – from a kit in 2016 – then multiple ocean […]


Needle in the Haystack: Miniboat Neptune Arrives in Hawaii

PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Cassie Stymiest, Educational Passages, 207-619-1259, cassie@educationalpassages.org VANCOUVER, WA. Another 5.5 foot long uncrewed student sailboat (miniboat) was recovered on March 23, 2022 after 248 days and 5,347 km of traveling across the Pacific. Its recovery was a surprise to the students involved, not in where it was found, but that it had been […]


Rye, NH Classroom Connects with Norway School in Unique Way

PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Cassie Stymiest, Educational Passages, 207-619-1259, cassie@educationalpassages.org RYE, NH. A 5.5 foot long uncrewed sailboat (miniboat) built in 2020 by students at Rye Junior High in New Hampshire, was recovered in Smøla, near Dyrnes, Norway on February 1, 2022. After 462 days and 13,412 km of traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, the deck […]