SHSOS-Australia

12/01/2023

And thanks to the crew of Antarctic Aurora. Here's a view of the little boat just after launch.

12/01/2023

Here's the "penguin centric" view of where the launch was completed. We're in for an interesting ride. Will SHSOS land in New Zealand, Chile, Africa, or will it head north into the Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian Ocean? Or an outside chance of one of the small islands somewhere (Macquarie, Heard Islands Australia) or perhaps the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands? Others? Post your guesses! Thanks

11/01/2023

SHSOS Second Voyage Launch. The Sacred Heart Star of the Sea has been launched a second time - this time in the centre of the Southern Ocean. *This is NOT Florida* The full story is available on the Educational Passages website, you can see the GPS track and read the full story There. The image shows the "Australia Centric View of the Southern Ocean. Stay tuned for the "Penguin Centric" View. See https://educationalpassages.org/boats/starofthesea/

18/01/2021

Hi Everyone,
Repairs to Sacred Heart Star of the Sea are underway at Fremantle College, located in Beaconsfield, Western Australia. David Bennett from the Marine Studies Program sent in this update message in Mid December. Schools are closed until late January, Early February in Western Australia.

From David Bennett at Fremantle College:
Lots of work has happened on the boat. We separated the deck from the hull to check the extent of the work and this is the current status:
• Separate deck and hull and inspect – completed
• Repair front/port hull hole – completed
• Repair rear/starboard cracking – completed
• Re-attach and reinforce mast socket – reattached, still to be reinforced
• Re-attach internal bulkheads – underway
• Dope-coat hull and prime – underway
• Renew floatation foam – TBA
• Refit deck to hull – TBA
• Paint final coat – TBA
• Reattach art – TBA
• Gel/clear coat – TBA
• Manufacture mast and sail – TBA
It’s actually not as bad as it looks: most of the repair work is done and I expect to have the boat back together by the end of this week. Then we can take it from there.

Photos attached.

12/11/2020

SHSOS Miniboat is now at Fremantle College (Beaconsfield, Western Australia). Students & teachers there are planning on conducting the fiberglass repairs required for relaunch in the first few weeks of December. They are also working on a design of another boat or boats. Stay tuned for more news.

17/08/2020

Miuccia, a student from Blue Gum Montessori school talks about one of the letters written by Sacred Heart Students

17/08/2020

This is Charlotte, from Blue Gum Montessori School, responding to one of the letters written by Sacred Heart students.

17/08/2020

This is Emerson, a year 6 student at Blue Gum Montessori school, talking about/responding to three of the letters written by Scared Heart school.

16/08/2020

The Star of the Sea Miniboat was built by students in 🇺🇸 launched off 🇿🇦 and landed in 🇦🇺 after 463 days!

16/08/2020

Hi Everyone, I've just started this page to provide a local source of information about the little boat. Educational Passages is the comprehensive source (https://www.facebook.com/educational.passages/), and a potential link to see a summary of the story is either the article in the Boston Globe, or the University of Wyoming Press Release (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/10/metro/heres-how-small-research-boat-filled-with-letters-kingston-students-ended-up-western-australia/) (http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2019/04/uw-lab-school-conducts-educational-outreach-remotely-aboard-research-vessel.html)
Cheers!

This winter, Theresa Williams has provided educational outreach to Wyoming schools and beyond -- from a ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

16/08/2020