DMS Miniboat Update

The team completed the third and fourth batches of ballast on Monday and Wednesday morning before the homeroom bell rang.

The Sail Team met with the 4th grade classes at Dudley Elementary School

They also relived happy moments at Mason Road School when they dropped off the sail templates with Mrs. Desto.

Media team continued to capture the work of teams within our crew (see pic below). They also updated the display case with completed Meet the Fleet sheets from crew members.

The Deck team continued their design work on the large paper copy of the deck.

The Launch team began a draft letter to potential deployers. They spoke with Mr. Gilrein, who has some connections at Woods Hole Oceanographic and located the email address of the individual they need to contact there.

The Cargo team did not meet. Ms Lynch was able to meet up with a 7th grade student (Mia) who participated in Mrs. Kobel's Ocean Race exploratory class last year. This young woman crocheted an albatross, which was the Ocean Race's mascot. She is now participating in the crochet club after school, and was asked to crochet a mini albatross to fit into the cargo hold.

All crew members worked to label and color code a miniboat diagram. Then, any crew members who had completed their tasks for the week began researching and brainstorming a potential figurehead for the front of our boat. Using our 3D printer in Mrs. Hoffman's room to create our figurehead will hopefully bring some good luck to our voyage.

According to https://heritagecalling.com/ "Ship figureheads have a long history embodying religion, symbolism and superstition.The ancient seafaring civilisations all had figureheads on their vessels. The Egyptians mounted figures of holy birds to provide protection and vision. The Phoenicians featured horse heads symbolising swiftness. The Romans and Greeks carved wolf or boar heads representing ferocity.These were often mounted on, or carved directly onto, the most forward part of the ship’s bow (front) – forming an extension of the keel (primary structure). "

BOW: the front of the boat

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