Our friends from Not Your Average Joe's
picked a beautiful day to come sailing with us! Not Your Average Joes is an
upscale restaurant chain that has 6 locations
throughout the South Shore and Southeastern
Massachusetts (including our homeport of New
Bedford). The managers and chefs have been
working extremely hard to ensure the high quality
of their restaurant, so fourteen of them came to
the Ernestina to enjoy a relaxing day of sailing
and to have an opportunity to spend some time
together outside the workplace.
In order to ensure their
complete relaxation experience we requested that
cell phones not be used for the duration of the
day, and we immediately put them to work hauling
up our four lower sails and coiling down the
deck. You can see our track to the right in dark
pink. We had a great breeze blowing from the
Southwest so we set a course for Salem Harbor.
Our new participants were broken up into watches
and throughout the afternoon they assisted the
crew with steering, navigation, bow watch, and
hourly boat checks. After a fabulous lunch from
our own chef Laurie, those that were feeling
brave and adventurous climbed aloft in the
rigging, or ventured out on our bowsprit. Quite a
few made it to the top of the shrouds to sit on
the crosstrees and enjoy the impressive view. The
day ended by striking all sails and coming
alongside in Salem Harbor just around 5pm. The
crew of the Ernestina has been invited to have at
meal at Joes so we might see you soon!
Although the day had ended the
night had just begun. After a quick dinner, we
began boarding for a fund raising sail by Salem
Sound 2000, an environmental organization
concerned with the health and quality of the
Sound. You may find out more info on their Web
Page. www.salemsound.org. It was a perfect sunset sail with a
very light breeze making the storyteller, Merril
Kohlhofer, easily heard over the decks. Brad
Chase, a representative from the Division of
Marine Fisheries, gave a talk about the quality
of the Sound and the types of species that are
commonly found there. The evening sail track is
green, venturing only a short way into Salem
Sound. Unfortunately, we had to fire up the
engine and head back to shore just after sunset.
Our stay in Salem was brief, we
turned right around and headed back to Gloucester
reaching the State Fish Pier at 2307. Our final
run for the day is in red. We picked the shortest
route to Gloucester to be navigated! Goodnight!
Wind: SW'ly, Force 3
Visibility: Good
Barometric Pressure: 30.34" Hg Steady
Captain: Amanda
Madeira
Program Coordinators: Crista Mellican
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