The final ship is 25 feet long and 10 feet wide with a 20 foot mast. Featuring portholes, a captain's wheel and a ramp entry designed for wheelchair access, the ship will provide many years of fun for museum visitors. Discovery Center visitors and social media followers chose the ship’s name. Children suggested over 150 names throughout April during visits to the museum. Voters picked between their top five suggestions: The Sunflower, Ship's Ahoy, Ship, Ship Hooray!, Seas the Day and Boatie. Seas the Day, suggested by six year old Macy Archer and mom Samantha Archer, of Carbondale, won the voting with 30.89% of votes cast.

Ship designer and builder Draque Carver has been with the Discovery Center since 2014 and is responsible for facility and exhibit construction and maintenance. Draque came to the Discovery Center with 35 years of experience in construction. The Discovery Center puts his expertise to work in a wide range of unconventional projects, from a realistic life-size pizza oven, to welded butterfly chairs, to giant ruby red slippers. The ship is his largest-scale project to date.