DATE: June 19, 2015 REMARKS: With a birthday both yesterday and today it seemed like a perfect time for the first Marlin Spike of the summer voyage! Oddly enough this also corresponded with Sweden’s Midsummer celebration which we rung in with pints of beautiful strawberries. SHIP’S WORK: Painted all the topsides; painted chains in the […]
Written by Ashley Mulock We’ve been at anchor for two nights now at the mouth of the York River on Chesapeake Bay, enough time to reflect back on the journey that brought us here. Sailing in under clear blue skies and a cool breeze it hardly seems real that only two days ago we were
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REMARKS: This morning the whole crew worked together on switching out the skiff we’ve been using for the one housed on top of the galley. Port watch then broke off to do some small boat sailing in the Bay while Starboard watch got busy on the ship’s work for the day. At 1630 the Captain
DATE: June 16, 2015 REMARKS: Since we are staying here at Ingram Bay for a couple of days we launched the Mautamuy so the watches can take turns doing some small boat sailing. Today was Starboard’s turn. Port watch listened to tunes while we worked and is looking forward to a night in town. The
After a wonderful, busy and successful stay at Cape Charles we were under way this morning at approx 8am. For a time, we sailed along with the Lynx and other boats from the harbour before making our way to Ingram Bay at the mouth of the Great Wicomico River. The wind was rather light but
Wow – what a day! We opened the ship for tours from 9am-4pm and had a steady stream of people all day. The heat and humidity was fierce and our crew did an admirable job of keeping each other hydrated and/or rotating through the sunny areas of the ship. The people coming aboard were in
Reports from crew members ashore say the ice cream is plentiful, the coffee fantastic and both are just the thing to while away the time it takes to finish a load of laundry. On the ship we hosted the Welcome Party for 50-60 people, copious amounts of food and a live band. Our crew did
We have arrived in Cape Charles! Docking just before noon, the crew is excited to be able to set foot on dry land once more… mostly for laundry, a solid wifi signal and a cold drink. The Starboard watch has been stood down and is even now roaming about town, no doubt looking also for
The best part about today was the special treat of being able to ride in the skiff to take pictures of the Picton Castle with all sails set. Despite there being little to no wind we had all the sail set to dry from the rain of two nights ago. SHIP’S WORK: We finished up
Today had been entirely about beautifying the ship for our arrival into Cape Charles…and man is she looking good! A whole lot of elbow grease makes a huge difference. We’ve also had a steady stream of small local boats cruising by to see what we have been up to. The pictures they must be snapping
