| We continue alongside in the port of
Wilmington amongst the Class A Ships from around
the world. The weather has been sunny, hot and
humid for three days with SSW winds around ten
knots Fri and Sat. Today the SW breeze has
freshened with afternoon vertical development of
clouds. One sail today- taking out a full boat
with some crew of the other vessels onboard as
well. We are getting
ready for the girl scouts to board this
afternoon. Seven of them have not arrived as of
yet and we are hoping to go out and anchor off to
watch the fireworks. We'll see.
For this 'Sail of the
Millennium' we thank our sponsor, Yankee
Publishing, known for
their magazine and The Farmer's Almanac. You can
see the Yankee burgee and signal flags running
aloft with the Tall Ship rigging of the
Kruzenshtern in the background. Carlene Carey,
Director of Business Development from Yankee
Publishing, has been with us all weekend getting
the word out about our partnership and making
arrangements for working together for all our
stops.
The photo to the right was
taken yesterday. Saturday the 24th of June is a
day each year when amateur radio operators in the
United States gather together in an event called
Field Day. On this occassion hams exercise their
communications skills needed for emergency
operations. While aboard the Ernestina, John Cray
(shown holding his radio) made quite a few
contacts with others participating in Field Day.
He plans to send this picture to QST magazine (a
ham publication) with a large circulation. To his
knowledge this is the first time a Field Day
station has been aboard a Tall Ship.
Taudi Coli N1HPX (crew)
Bert Flower N1MXO (member)
Fred Sterner N1BZG (crew)
Steve Swift WB1GVC (ship engineer)
John Kray KA2CNG (member)
Wind: SW Force 4
Visibility: Reduced in hot, hazy weather
Captain: Amanda
Madeira
Program Coordinator: Inette Rex
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