Facilities and Vessels
The Shoals Marine Laboratory has research vessels and laboratories used primarily for SML's undergraduate and high school courses. Vessels and laboratories are also available for use by researchers and visiting groups upon request. Researchers and visiting group leaders must charter vessels and reserve lab space in advance.
Please visit our Fees page for visitor and researcher rates.
Vessels
Physical Characteristics
| Length: 47 feet | Beam: 16 feet |
| Draft: 6.5 feet | Gross Tonnage: 34 |
| Net Tonnage: 23 | Power: 146 hp Detroit Diesel |
| Material: Steel | Cruising Speed: 8 knots |
| Construction: Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding | Designer: Woodin & Marean, Inc. |
Passenger capacity:
The R/V John M. Kingsbury can hold up to 48 passengers and 2 crew up to 20 miles offshore. Certified as a Coast Guard inspected vessel.
Lab and Research Facilities:
Available Research Equipment:
- SeaBird CTD
- Plankton nets, for both zooplankton and phytoplankton
- Otter Trawl
- Bottom "pipe" dredge
- Niskin water sampler
Physical Characteristics:
| Length: 35.7 feet | Beam: 12.3 feet |
| Draft: 1.5 feet | Gross Tonnage: 13 |
| Net Tonnage: 11 | Power: 454 hp Caterpilar C7 |
| Material: Aluminum | Cruising Speed: 15 knots |
| Construction: Winninghoff Boats | Designer: Winninghoff Boats |
Passenger capacity:
The R/V J.B. Heiser can hold up to 23 passengers and 2 crew up to 100 miles offshore. Certified as a Coast Guard inspected vessel.
Lab and Research Facilities:
Researchers and Visiting Groups may charter the R/V J.B. Heiser when the vessel is not engaged in SML program activites during May – September. SML provides certified captain and crew for each charter. The R/V J.B. Heiser has a starboard davit for hauling.
Available Research Equipment:
- Plankton nets, for both zooplankton and phytoplankton
- Niskin water sampler
- Hagfish trap deployment/retrieval
R/V Acipenser
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| R/V Acipenser |
- 1994 - Winninghoff Boats
- 27 ft aluminum hull
- 120 hp Volvo Penta AD31D Diesel
R/V Storm Petrel
- 2006 - Parker 2120 Sport Cabin
- 21 ft fiberglass hull
- Yamaha 150 outboard
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| R/V Miss Christine |
R/V Miss Christine
- 16 ft Boston Whaler
Inflatables
- Achilles SU-16
- Outboard motor
Sailboats
- S/V Becker - Herreshoff Doughdish 16'
- S/V Mako - Cape Dory 19' Typhoon
Labs & Systems
Students gather around the sea table in Palmer-Kinne Lab.
Photo by J. Gasowski (UNH)
Facilities & Vessels Contact
For questions regarding Facilities or Vessels please contact:
- Ross Hansen, rbh8@cornell.edu
- Mike Rosen, msr222@cornell.edu