NEW across-the-pond friends have been made, after a mini-boat launched by a school in the United States has been found by children in Ireland. The boat was released from New Jersey in the North Atlantic Ocean last Apr, and has finally been found by children in Cork. The vessel, which...
NEW across-the-pond friends have been made, after a mini-boat launched by a school in the United States has been found by children in Ireland.
The boat was released from New Jersey in the North Atlantic Ocean last Apr, and has finally been found by children in Cork.
The vessel, which was equipped with a GPS tracker, also included letters written by the 35 sixth graders.
The two schools then organised a Zoom call between each other.
The Irish students are currently in the process of repainting the boat, designing a new sail, and packing her with items representative of their lives, after which she will be re-floated.
A tracker will be equipped to allow the students to follow its progress, and hopefully, find more friends somewhere else in the world – maybe Australia?
