REMARKS: Today we are heading out to sea. We were underway by approx 10am this morning, waving goodbye to the historic city of New Bedford. The winds, being fairly light, allowed us the time to have another complete run through of emergency drills. The more we practice, the cooler our heads will remain should an […]
The museum was fantastic! Inside they built a half size whaling ship with incredible attention to detail. All of the exhibits in fact were very well laid out, informative and interactive. Even better were the hoards of school kids that visited the museum who were actually smiling and happy to be there. On the ship
Last minute change of plans today led us to New Bedford, MA instead of Martha’s Vineyard. We dropped the port anchor at just after 10am and commenced ship work and further training until 5pm. Tomorrow the Captain has arranged time for everyone to explore the whaling museum in town. In its heyday, New Bedford was
REMARKS: With 15 new trainees on board we have begun the orientation, safety/emergency drills and line handling lessons. Trying not to overload everyone is a difficult things as there is just so much to go over and become familiar with in a short amount of time. Everyone is doing a good job of listening to
Today is a transition day for us as we have crew signing off and new trainees signing on. This necessitates a flurry of activity to get our 15 new crew members sorted out in their personal spaces, shown the layout of the ship and oriented through safety training. Most importantly though, while still tied to
Considering that most people took Friday off as part of the long weekend, we had a tonne of people come through the ship yesterday. As current trainees sign off the ship to head home, there were just enough people left on our Port watch to man the stations ensuring a safe visit for everyone aboard.
For those of us who saw it, the Sea Cadets raised the American flag this morning to Bob, another crew member, playing the national anthem. Commander Myles and Lieutenant Treacy also handed out sea certificates earned by the cadets during their work on the Picton Castle. The ship tours were also very busy today. With
DATE: July 4, 2015 REMARKS: Happy Fourth of July!! I have to say that of all the tall ship festivals we have been attending today was the day with the most smiles and patriotic colours. There have been live bands playing at the marina throughout the day and a constant stream of visitors. We are
REMARKS: We have officially arrived at our next Tall Ship Festival in Greenport New York where we will be for the Fourth of July celebrations. Wandering through town you can actually see it filling up with people curious to explore the ships that are docked nearby. There is an energy here, an all encompassing American
The wind from one of the most beautiful sailing days ever, alas ended today. We motored from about 8am until we dropped anchor a couple of hours later. After lunch we were all hands to get the ship looking beautiful ahead of the festivities that will begin upon docking at the Greenport Harbour tomorrow. Such
