DMS Miniboat Update

The team mixed their second batch of ballast. They have plans to meet early Monday and Wednesday mornings to complete this task.

The team made a few calls to the elementary schools in order to find out the number of sail templates they would need for Wednesday. They learned how to use the photocopier and packaged 330 sail templates for the 1st and 4th graders. Their plan will be put into place on Wednesday afternoon when they set sail for a field trip DES and MRS.

Media team continued to circulate amongst the teams, taking photos and recording videos. They were able to hang the enlarged poster of a Miniboat Diagram in the display case.

The Deck team covered the surface of the deck with white paper. They plan on workign the design out on paper first before transferring it to the boat.

The Launch team began work on the UNOLS website. UNOLS is the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System, it is a website that allows scientists to request ship time on the vessels of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. Our team is looking for a deployer our Miniboat can hitch a ride on out to the ocean currents.

The Cargo team's considerations of what they would like to include in the hull are listed. They'll be contacting some local offices and businesses for merchandise to include about Dudley MA.

BALLAST: Added weight inside the keel to improve the stability of the boat

BOAT STAND: support used to hold the weight of a boat on land

CARGO: items transported by a boat

CONSIDERATIONS: careful thinking

DECK: watertight covering of boat hull

DEPLOYER: people launching a miniboat

KEEL: blade-like structure attached to bottom of a hull; stabilizes the boat

RESIN: liquid chemical which hardens; used on a miniboat to hold sand grains together and to protect deck art

RESIN AND HARDENER: chemicals which combine and form solid bonds