Today (Friday) marks the grand opening of an educational passage boat from the USA washed up on a South Pembrokeshire beach.

The boat-shaped structure was discovered on Swanlake Beach, Manorbier, by Robert Morgan, of Tenby, just over three months after being launched into the Atlantic Ocean.

Students from Kent School, Chestertown in Maryland launched The Osprey with a time capsule onboard off the New Jersey coast on June 13 and tracked it across the ocean.

It is one of three five-foot-long craft from schools in Maryland that were put into the sea. They are part of the educational passages programme which educates youngsters about the sciences of the world’s oceans.

The container bears the message in English and Spanish: “When found, please deliver this model to the local middle school, ages 12-14.

“Open the watertight compartment for email, contacts, addresses and other items.”

Mr. Morgan, who regularly visits Swanlake Beach to pick up rubbish, has shared pictures of his find on Facebook.

He posted: “All the years I’ve been picking up rubbish, I finally found a time capsule boat from Maryland School.

“I think it’s amazing, something been going around the sea for months.”

Mr. Morgan said he was unable to move the container himself as it weighed ‘a ton.’

As per the instructions, Tenby’s Greenhill School were contacted and receptionist Helen Swancott collected it.

The boat was on display during Year 8 assembly on Tuesday and will be opened by headteacher, Mrs. Jan Kingston this afternoon (Friday).

Ben James, Tenby Lifeboat Station crew member and IT technician at the school, said: “We’ll be opening the capsule within the boat at 2 pm in the school’s main hall. We’ll also be streaming the event live via either Facebook or Twitter too.”