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Date: Monday, May 27, 2002
Members Sail and 'Stars in the Spars' Movie Night

The Memorial Day Member sail, the first of the season was delightful.  Inland it was sunny and warm for a good part of the day while the light southerly winds held thick fog in Buzzards Bay.

We set the four lowers  in the harbor and motorsailed out the channel with seventy three members aboard.  As soon as we got through the Hurricane Gate, the visibility was reduced to two tenths of a mile. You can see in the images to the right you can see the Whaling City Rowing Club whaleboat out for a row. If you want to learn more about them go to their website at http://www. whalingcityrowing.org/

Families and friends enjoyed steering and sailing the ship, swapping stories, and singing songs. A downwind run brought the sunshine out once again as we sailed back into the harbor where all hands struck sail. Michael Platzer was aboard (shown in the middle image with crewmember Traudi Coli). Michael efforts were instrumental in the late 70's and early 80's to result in the gifting of Schooner Ernestina to the people of the United States. If not for Michael the ship would likely not be flying the Massachusetts/City of New Bedford flags today!

Once back into the dock a few members stayed on to help raise the foresail at the dock for the first Stars in the Spars show of the season. The show was Captains Courageous and a fine way to bring  a close to the long weekend.

Captain: Amanda Madeira
Program: Coordinator: Crista Mellican

We would like to thank Lotus and IBM for donation of software, hardware and funding to enable regular electronic updates from the ship.

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