It started in the highlands of Scotland and ended in the beaches of South Florida. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo tells us about the long ocean journey of a toy boat, who it belongs to, and where it is now headed.
South Florida resident Ellie Alvarez and her father Ulises tracked down a toy pirate ship Thursday that had been launched by a pair of brothers in Scotland.
The brothers, Ollie and Harry Ferguson, began the project in 2017 when they released their toy pirate ship named Adventure carrying messages in a bottle. It sailed from Scotland to Scandinavia to Barbados, but was then lost at sea.
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The Ferguson brothers later launched Adventure 2, which has so far navigated from the North Sea to Florida.
The toy is outfitted with a GPS device that allows the duo to keep tabs on the ship's whereabouts. They share its location on social media so that other kids around the world can keep up.
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"Every two hours, every five minutes, however they adjusted it, it sends a GPS signal to the web, so this way we can keep track of the little vessel," Ulises said.
He and Ellie are planning on launching Adventure 2 back into the ocean as soon as the weather allows. Then, the tiny pirate ship will travel back to the Ferguson brothers in Scotland.
