Students from the Compass Project in Gorham test two 5-foot handmade sailboats near Handy Boat in Falmouth on Friday. High school students in the Compass Project’s boat-building program are preparing for a trans-Atlantic race of four unmanned, GPS-tracked mini-sailboats, competing against vessels from Belfast, Searsport and Mount Desert Island. The boats will be carried on a freighter leaving Searsport in early November, taken to a location in the Caribbean, then launched into the Gulf Stream. The first boat to get within 100 miles of Europe is the winner.

 

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Students from the Compass Project in Gorham test two 5-foot handmade sailboats near Handy Boat in Falmouth on Friday. High school students in the Compass Project's boat-building program are preparing for a trans-Atlantic race of four unmanned, GPS-tracked mini-sailboats, competing against vessels from Belfast, Searsport and Mount Desert Island. The boats will be carried on a freighter leaving Searsport in early November, taken to a location in the Caribbean, then launched into the Gulf Stream. The first boat to get within 100 miles of Europe is the winner.
Students from the Compass Project in Gorham test two 5-foot handmade sailboats near Handy Boat in Falmouth on Friday. High school students in the Compass Project's boat-building program are preparing for a trans-Atlantic race of four unmanned, GPS-tracked mini-sailboats, competing against vessels from Belfast, Searsport and Mount Desert Island. The boats will be carried on a freighter leaving Searsport in early November, taken to a location in the Caribbean, then launched into the Gulf Stream. The first boat to get within 100 miles of Europe is the winner. Gordon Chibroski/ Staff Photographer

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