primary school construction drifting boat Across the Atlantic
[global network comprehensive reports] reported in February 24th, according to the United States Chinese network, a 5 foot (about 1.5 meters) long, global positioning boat built by a pupil in New Jersey, starting from Mexico Bay, across the Atlantic, lasted 14 months and finally arrived in Guernsey, England.
the design of a small boat around 11-12 years old. In order to study the tide and the Gulf Stream, they designed the boat with the help of Lisa Swanson, the geography teacher, named the "nuclear submarine storm", and set up a GPS (Global Positioning System) to watch the boat on the website. Drifting tracks. The boat set sail from the Gulf of Mexico on December 2012, after 14 months, drifting 3000 miles (about 5000 kilometers), crossing the Atlantic, and finally reaching Guernsey, England.
the boat was discovered by Paris Broe Bougourd, a 27 year old British sailing boat. Paris Blo Bugul. When fishing, the ship was covered with barnacles, the mast was broken, the waterproof capsules containing T shirts and trinkets were washed away, but the hull was roughly free of damage, and the ship craft and the GPS device were all intact. Photographs of all the students affixed to the boat were yellowed. The ship's body is engraved with specific information on the school. Paris said he was a carpenter, he would repair the boat as soon as possible and put it in the sea again.