Zenith

Zenith is sponsored by the Camden Regional High School Zenith Program.

Uber Sail during April sea trial in Belfast Harbor

VESSEL IDENTIFICATION

Name of Vessel : Zenith

Mailing Address: 7 Lions Lane Camden, Maine 04843

Phone: (207) 230-1058

We are a group of high school student from the state of Maine (United States) participating in the Educational Passages program, which utilizes 4 ½ foot boats to study ocean, wind, and current patterns. Check out the website for more information! www.educationalpassages.com

About Our Boat -- Zenith

Our boat is GPS-equipped and relies solely on wind and current power and needs no outside assistance. The boat sails directly downwind month after month following the wind to distance lands. Students are able to monitor the course, position, speed, and wave height.

We'll be learning about ocean wind and current patterns, map reading, geography, oceanography, navigation, earth sciences, computer technology, and much more.

What is Zenith?

The Zenith Program provides alternative learners with a creative and unique educational environment that aims to develop within our students a strong sense of respect for self, others, and community.

These skills are fostered through experiential, community-based learning, student independence and responsibility, and the ongoing development of effective problem solving and group processing strategies.

Zenith was launched at 4:00 PM EDT from TSSOM on June 09 approximately 268 nautical miles south-southwest of San St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada at Latitude: 43° 4'0.38" North, Longitude: 53°50'16.90" West.


Zenith ready for launch	Zenith about to go over TSSOM's side
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Zenith after righting herself in TSSOM's wake
All photographs above courtesy of Maine Maritime Academy's Training Ship State of Maine (TSSOM)

At 10 AM EDT on July 19, Zenith washed ashore near Fourchu, Nova Scotia, Canada. Within a few days, she was recovered by Cindy Powers and taken to her home in Louisdale, Nova Scotia.


photographs above courtesy of Cindy Powers of Louisdale, NS, Canada

On August 15, Cindy traveled from Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland, to take Zenith to the the Maine Maritime Academy Arctic Schooner Bowdoin for transport back to Castine, Maine.


L-R Hannah Gray (BOWDOIN'S Chief Mate), CindyPowers, and friend with ZENITH	BOWDOIN in Corner Brook, Newfoundland
photographs above courtesy of Cindy Powers of Louisdale, NS, Canada

After being turned over to CAPT John Worth, Bowdoin's skipper, Zenith was brought back to Maine and turned over to the Zenith Program at Camden High School. This mini-boat is now displayed in the school’s show case,.


ZENITH and Richard Baldwin in Belfast, ME	ZENITH and the Zenith Class in Camden, ME (September 2009)

Nate Larlee, the teacher for the Zenith Program, plans to use the Zenith’s 40-day, 927-mile voyage (along with the voyages of the other four boats) to teach his earth science class. Nate is in the process of developing a school curriculum for Educational Passages/teachers to assist them in teaching the lessons gained in this experience. Present plans are to place these lesson plans on this website once finalized.

ZENITH's 40-day, 927-mile voyage

Training Ship State of Maine 2009 Cruise: http://cruise2009.mma.edu/

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