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The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” arrives at a beach in Nicaragua after 342 sailing days.

The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” arrives at a beach in Nicaragua after 342 sailing days.

The educational boat Ifado IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava iFADO-IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava has arrived at a large remote beach on the East coast of Nicaragua, near the Bay of Pearls on the Mosquito Coast, to end the longest and most eventful voyage of an educational boat launched into the

14/05/2024 READ ARTICLE
The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

The iFADO-IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava educational miniboat sails through the Caribbean Sea and approaches the Eastern coasts of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama after almost eleven months journey, in which it has faced hurricanes and the turbulent Intertropical Convergence Zone. The miniboat was launched on May 19th, 2023 by IES Garoé.It crossed

10/04/2024 READ ARTICLE
The educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” in the Central Atlantic Equatorial zone after six months of sailing journey

The educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” in the Central Atlantic Equatorial zone after six months of sailing journey

The educational boat iFADO-IV El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava, which began its sailing journey six months ago from the island of El Hierro, keep sailing in the Equatorial zone of the Atlantic Ocean after being trapped by the North Equatorial Countercurrent, responsible of significant oceanic eddies in the Northern Brazil as a consequence of

20/12/2023 READ ARTICLE
The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The IES Garoe’s educational miniboat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” reaches the mid-Atlantic ridge

The educational sailing miniboat “El Hierro-Mar Salitre y Lava” of the IES Garoé and the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has reached the mid-Atlantic ridge after 107 days of journey, heading so far towards the Northeast coast of South America in the development zone of hurricanes that affect the Caribbean and Central America.

04/09/2023 READ ARTICLE
Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, launch a new educational miniboat as part of the iFADO project

Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, launch a new educational miniboat as part of the iFADO project

Students from IES Garoé, in Valverde, have launched an educational miniboat of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in the waters south of La Restinga, El Hierro. The boat will cross the Atlantic Ocean in the framework of the iFADO project of the Interreg Altantic Area programme and the international Educational Passages programme.

18/05/2023 READ ARTICLE
Students from Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, La Palma, launch Buche Salado II, an educational miniboat that will cross the Atlantic Ocean

Students from Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, La Palma, launch Buche Salado II, an educational miniboat that will cross the Atlantic Ocean

Students from Garoé Secondary School, El Hierro, also took part. Their boat, El Hierro-Mar, Salitre y Lava, will be launched in the next few days. With Buche Salado II, a total of 190 small sailing boats have now been launched under the international Educational Passages programme. Students from the Eusebio Barreto Secondary School, Los Llanos

05/05/2023 READ ARTICLE
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