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Greenport High School Overnight Sail
May 16-17, 2003

 
About 9:30 AM we left Greenport , NY dockside. We raised the sail right after we learned safety procedures
Some of these procedures included:
1.) Don't stand in front of the boom
2) Don't lean over the side
3) Don't run, jump or horseplay
4) Don't yell unless there is an emergency
After this we were assigned to our bunks. We got a tour of the Schooner Ernestina and it's history. Adam showed us the computers, the navigation systems and the barometer.

Jose
This morning at 8:30 am a bunch of 7th graders came aboard this 109-year-old schooner. During the trip all of us learned how to run a ship as a team. The first thing we did was to break into three groups. In these groups we learned navigation, plankton, knots and water testing. We also got up in groups in the middle of the night to watch the boat. We got to steer the boat and we had to pull the sails up and down. We also learned about the boats history. This trip benefited us in many ways.

Jessica

We made it safely to the lee of Gardiners Island

Wind still blowing ENE force 5 and gusty.
Temp is 45 F and feels cold on deck. Relief below.
Laurie is cooking great stuff and Rhonda is keeping the program going well. We sailed 27 nm today, mostly under Fore and Jumbo, with some help from the Main Engine.
Photos were taken, but can't send them from here, they will be up on this site soon.
 
Until tomorrow,
Captain Willi Bank

Program Coordinator: Rhonda Moniz
Captain: Willi Bank

We're outboard from Greenport for the start of the trip.

Anchored up in the lee of Gardiners Island for the night.

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

NOAA Chart is provided courtesy of Maptech using Cruising Navigator 4.3 and grabbing the image using Grabit Pro 6.02.

 
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