Halifax to Rockland/Castine

Thursday, 28 June     Day 56    Daily Log   Voyage #  0608

It appears that we are returning to Castine as we left it, in the fog. As of 0930 the fog banks are starting to lift as the sun gains altitude and warms things up.

We made our final clock change last night, and we are now on Maine time. As our cruise days begin to wane, we seem to be using the word "final" a lot.  Today is the final day of 2/c Deck training as B company has it's turn at extricating Sue McDonald from a confined space. I want to thank Sue for being such a great victim through out this last training evolution. Not only do we put her in tight dark places, but she seems to have all kinds of physical and medical problems. Today is her last day as a victim, and I hope she survives the trauma of it all. Thanks Sue. Want to come back next year and do it again?

The 4th class engine room oral exams will also be finishing up today. I am told that they are doing a pretty good job down there.

The maintenance group is busy today washing down the decks and sprucing the ship up for our final arrival.

So everything onboard is in it's "final stages" of completion.

Position at 1200 Local Time (LT)                                                   Zone Description GMT-4 hours
Latitude 42-24.9N   Longitude 068-37.0W

Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival):  
Distance: 325.1 N miles
Time run: 25 hrs.  min.
Average speed: 13.0 kts.
Total passage distance: 367.8 N miles      
Total passage time: 1 days 04 hours 06 minutes
Total average speed: 13.1 kts.

Distance to go 215.1  miles  

Sea routine

Wind: SW 5
Sea: WSW Moderate
Swell: Low

Sky:  Partly Cloudy, Fog

Temperature: 53 Air   47 Sea   

Synopsis: 

  

   Doc Iverson conducts another evening Chicken Sewing Class.               Some of our guys enjoying the Citadel.

             Help, I've fallen and can't get up!   Again?                    Cliff and Luke are in charge of taking care of our victim.

                Hellooo! Is there anybody up there?                                                Out in the open air again, thank God.

Ok fellows, enough is enough, bouncing the victim on the rail is not good form.

                                    "Hello my name is Sue, if you don't let me out of here there will be some real victims to deal with."        

Gibraltar Info:            

Palermo 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 Palermo

Palermo to Split

Split to Halifax

Halifax to Rockland / Castine

TOTAL Cruise Mileage:      

 3889.5   Nautical Miles

    4460   Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

      280   Nautical Miles   (Estimated)