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Date: Monday, September 25, 2000
Time: 1500 EDT

Today we sailed with Cabot LNG including 29 passengers on board.  One of their LNG tankers, the MATTHEW,  left the harbor shortly before the sail. Because their plant is located up the Mystic river we took a tour up under the Tobin bridge for a view of their "neighborhood," setting the fore and jumbo on the way.  They showed us the berth for their tankers, the offloading terminal, and the storage tanks.  Traudi gave a brief ERNESTINA history lecture on the way back out of the River.  Winds were light and variable out of the North, so the remainder of the trip was a motorsail out Boston Harbor as far as the Deer Island Light (the passengers wanted to see "open water") and back.  Several of them expressed enthusiasm for not only having a day out on the water (and away from the office), but for being able to do so with the ERNESTINA.  It was a cool, crisp fall day with temperatures ranging in the lower 60's: a beautiful day for being on the water.

The crew spent the rest of the afternoon putting a reef in the mains'l for impending poor weather on our transit to New Bedford, and preparing for the next program.

The ship has been busy with several days of maintenance.  Despite dire weather predictions, we've been able to fulfill our autumn painting quota. The  covering boards forward got much-needed attention, as did the engine room hatch, aft cabin top, wheelbox and dory chocks.  The entire foredeck received a long-overdue oiling, and minor repairs were completed on the new rail aft by the helm.  Minor projects included touching up the varnish in the aft cabin companionway, and applying non-skid to the forward ladder into the focsle.

Wind: N'ly, Force 2 and diminishing
Visibility: Excellent

Captain: Sophie Morse
Program Coordinator: Crista Mellican

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