At Castine Maine

Monday, 14 May     Day 11   Daily Log   Voyage #  0107

Holiday Routine

ECDIS and RADAR pictures of our track into the Azores Islands

The Island of Corvo at sunrise this morning.

A successful Game night last night with 16 lucky individuals leaving with some pretty nice prizes.  Today we have a Holiday routine that commenced about 0845 after a clean up from breakfast.

Our approach into the Azores as uneventful with not much in the way of small vessel traffic due to the wind and  seas.  A few big ships transiting and porpoises but that is all.  It's nice to be transiting during daylight.  This evening we will be amongst more of the Islands.  Hopefully in the lee of the wind so it's not too breezy for cooking the barbecue on the stern.

Otherwise today, everyone is off except the watch company and there will be movies, games, songfests, cribbage, dominoes and just plain reading and relaxing for most of the day.

A week from this morning and we will be tying up in Gibraltar.

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Position at 1200 Local Time (LT)                                                   Zone Description -1 hours
Latitude  39-14.6 N  Longitude  029-33.1  W

Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival):  
Distance:     329.9  Nmiles
Time run:     23 hrs  00  min
Average Speed.  14.3  Kts
Total passage distance:     1814.7    Nmiles       (to date)
Total passage Time:   05  Days   14 Hours   45  Minutes
Total Average Speed:   13.5   Kts

ETA Gibraltar  21 May  at 0800 Local time (ZT +2 hours) 0600 UTC

Wind:   S'ly   18 Knots
Sea:     Moderate S'ly
Swell:   Small SE'ly
Sky:   Overcast with light showers
Temperature:  65 Air    64  Sea   

Synopsis:  Azores High predominates

TRIVIAL PURSUIT Game Night (Above)

Noon Chow

Preparing Security Lectures and Exercises

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 granted 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 safety and security 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)