![](https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/students-on-boat2-1-300x225.jpg)
![](https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/boat-300x200.jpg)
![](https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dock-300x169.png)
The newly constructed Marine Research and Waterfront Recreation Dock on the Caples Campus provides easy access to Sarasota Bay from campus. Research vessels for use by faculty and student researchers include:
- – R/V Limbatus (26’ Beachcat fiberglass pontoon boat)
- – R/V Pagurus (12’ Skeeter aluminum skiff)
- – 14’ Rigid inflatable.
The dock and research vessels are steps away from Caples Hall, home to MIMMS, pictured below.
![Caples Manor](https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/caples.jpg)