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DMS Miniboat Update

Friday May 19, 2026

DMS Miniboat UpdateFriday May 19, 2026

Bon Voyage DMS ANITA 💗 Safe Travels Bon Voyage DMS ANITA 💗 Safe Travels

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Deployed by Hambleton Lord & Daniel Hui on R/V Neil Armstrong Deployed by Hambleton Lord & Daniel Hui on R/V Neil Armstrong

Anita was deployed at 2313 GMT.

The position was 39 Deg. 29.84' N and 70 Deg 44.763' W.

Water depth was 2486 m. (roughly 1.54 miles)

Sea surface temperature from thermosalinography 14.5 Deg. C.

Surface salinity 33.41 PSU. Very smooth launch.

Surface currents 20 cm/s to the south in astreamer of shelf water.

"We care deeply about Anita."

Glen

Watch ANITA being deployed Watch ANITA being deployed

DMS ANITA Deployed WHOI.mp4

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WHOI's Facebook page WHOI's Facebook page

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whoi.ocean and miniboats on Instagram whoi.ocean and miniboats on Instagram

Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. on Instagram: "Wishing fair winds and following seas to DMS Anita! ⛵⁠ ⁠ Yesterday afternoon, WHOI Corporation Members Ham Lord and Daniel Hui, supervised by WHOI scientist Glen Gawarkiewicz, deployed this miniboat from the aft deck of @rvneilarmstrong on behalf of 5th grade students from Dudley Middle School in Massachusetts. ⁠ ⁠ The kit-made vessel is provided by @miniboats, a nonprofit that gives students access to basic ocean science. As it traverses the Gulf Stream, the miniboat will be taking temperature and sea state readings, which can be tracked online. ⁠ ⁠ 📲Follow Anita's journey at the 🔗 in @whoi.ocean's profile!⁠ ⁠ 📹 Daniel Hentz © #WHOI ⁠"

Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. on Instagram: "Wishing fair winds and following seas to DMS Anita! ⛵⁠ ⁠ Yesterday afternoon, WHOI Corporation Members Ham Lord and Daniel Hui, supervised by WHOI scientist Glen Gawarkiewicz, deployed this miniboat from the aft deck of @rvneilarmstrong on behalf of 5th grade students from Dudley Middle School in Massachusetts. ⁠ ⁠ The kit-made vessel is provided by @miniboats, a nonprofit that gives students access to basic ocean science. As it traverses the Gulf Stream, the miniboat will be taking temperature and sea state readings, which can be tracked online. ⁠ ⁠ 📲Follow Anita's journey at the 🔗 in @whoi.ocean's profile!⁠ ⁠ 📹 Daniel Hentz © #WHOI ⁠"

53 likes, 2 comments - whoi.ocean on May 19, 2026: "Wishing fair winds and following seas to DMS Anita! ⛵⁠ ⁠ Yesterday afternoon, WHOI Corporation Members Ham Lord and Daniel Hui, supervised by WHOI scientist Glen Gawarkiewicz, deployed this miniboat from the aft deck of @rvneilarmstrong on behalf of 5th grade students from Dudley Middle School in Massachusetts. ⁠ ⁠ The kit-made vessel is provided by @miniboats, a nonprofit that gives students access to basic ocean science. As it traverses the Gulf Stream, the miniboat will be taking temperature and sea state readings, which can be tracked online. ⁠ ⁠ 📲Follow Anita's journey at the 🔗 in @whoi.ocean's profile!⁠ ⁠ 📹 Daniel Hentz © #WHOI ⁠".

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Follow along with us as ANITA's third voyage continues Follow along with us as ANITA's third voyage continues

DMS Anita

DMS Anita

At Dudley Middle School, 26 sixth and seventh grade students decided to embark on a journey with three faculty members. The project is being funded by MIT Sea Grant through their STREAM Grant which supports coastal education and community science. It was inspired by the Thompson Middle School miniboat project, the TMS Sea Challenger. DMS students met the TMS miniboat crew and URI Graduate School of Oceanography staff at the 2023 Ocean Race Stopover in Newport, RI.

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Vocabulary of the week Vocabulary of the week

THERMOSALINOGRAPH: an automated Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity Temperature and Salinity measurement system making measurement on board a ship using a water intake

DMS Anita

DMS Anita

At Dudley Middle School, 26 sixth and seventh grade students decided to embark on a journey with three faculty members. The project is being funded by MIT Sea Grant through their STREAM Grant which supports coastal education and community science. It was inspired by the Thompson Middle School miniboat project, the TMS Sea Challenger. DMS students met the TMS miniboat crew and URI Graduate School of Oceanography staff at the 2023 Ocean Race Stopover in Newport, RI.

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