At Castine Maine

   Saturday, 05 May     Day 2   Daily Log   Voyage #  0107

 GRADUATION DAY......Congratulations to the Class of 2007 who joined the Alumni ranks today.

All hands except those actually involved in watch are engaged in one of the two major events happening today.  Graduation festivities or Loading Stores.  Both events are labor intensive and suck up most of the personnel not on watch.  By tonight things will have started to wind down and tomorrow should be a much more routine day with more of a focus on the ship and are immanent departure on Cruise 2007.

We are finalizing our port correspondence, routes to the ports and various other details. Our first Fire, Emergency, and Abandon Ship Drill last night went very well and we are currently refining the muster sheets and making certain that everyone is sure of their assignments.

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Position at 1200 Local Time (LT)                                                   Zone Description -4 hours EDST
Lat. 44-23.2 N   Long. 068-47.8 W  

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ETD Castine Maine  08 May  at 1030 Local time (ZT -4 hours)

Force Protection Training

Vessel Security Training

Load On of stores

0900 Awards Ceremony,  1100 Graduation,  1300 NROTC Commissioning Ceremony

Wind:   NW'ly   04 Knots
Sea:     Slight
Swell:   Nil
Sky:   Beautiful  day
Temperature:  56 Air    41   Sea   

Synopsis:  High pressure

Last night's Accountability Musters

Load on   /  MMA Faculty Senate President and TSSOM Chief Engineer

The last line up...at least for a while

Faculty on one side, graduates on the other.....order, is the order of the day!

The Bagaduce was in her glory this morning!

Breakfast discussions and operations planning

The on load begins.....

The Ship's Security plan calls for locked trailers from point of load to point of delivery. 

Gibraltar Info:

Odessa Info:

Split Info:

Halifax Info:

Rockland/Castine  Excursion:

Rockland to Castine the day we arrive back at our home berth (30 June) has been designated as a possible "excursion day".  The U.S. Coast Guard has been asked to grant us a permit to take extra persons on board above our vessels certification.  To do this we have to have certain lifesaving procedures and equipment on board.  Accordingly the numbers we can take are strictly limited.  We, of necessity,  have limited our guests to 2 persons per upper class student on cruise (immediate family members only) plus official MMA invitees and crew member guests.  We can not offer more because we do not have the lifesaving capability.  Also this is always a tentative adventure which because of weather, security, operational difficulties etc. may be cancelled up to the last moment.  The security issue is becoming a big item in how we offer and execute these excursions, so for those who are planning to attend please be patient with the necessary procedures.

Castine to Gibraltar

Gibraltar to Odessa

Odessa to Split

Split to Halifax

Halifax to Rockland / Castine

TOTAL Cruise Mileage:      

    3000   Nautical Miles (Estimated)

    2260   Nautical Miles  (Estimated)

    1530   Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

    4460   Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

       280  Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

    11,530  Nautical Miles  (Estimated)