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TTT Mentor Program
Overnight Sail 10am Saturday - 10am Sunday

Saturday, June 7, 2003

 

With 12 crew and 24 students and chaperones from the TTT Mentor Program in Cambridge, MA we set sail from New Bedford at 1130 this morning. Lunch followed orientations, and due to the light rain the group split into watches to eat. Not everyone was happy with the motion onboard. But smiles prevailed.

Stations were held on deck for the program. Topics included Navigation , Plankton/ and Helm, then  more stations after a snack:  History,  Water sampling, and  Simple Machines.

The breeze vanished around 1600, and a steady rain was falling. With  a Low approaching the area, it was time to anchor. We found ourselves across  the Bay, close to the Elizabeth Islands.

1800 - At anchor off Weepecket Islands in Buzzards Bay.

Some write up experiences from the students on the 24 hour sail follow:

"My favorite part of this trip was eating lunch, catching plankton, and water testing. When we ate lunch we got to eat to eat burritos. But we got to make our own burrito. I putted a lot of meat and sauce. I like the cheese." ~Milton Chan

"On the Ernestina we seen some plankton that we caught. We seen jellyfish in the water.  This was very fun. The bunks were comfortable. Some food we had was burritos, and muffin. We learned about the history of the boat. I slept in the fish hold. It is called that because fishers used to store fish there. Now there is bunks there. I liked the experience." ~Nicholas Fantasia

"On the Ernestina a lot of things are different than on land for example if we needed to use the bathroom we had to pull the pump 15 times and then five times to fill it with water. The stations we did were very fun, my favorite was the one that we looked at plankton." ~anon

Dinner below decks with more rain to follow. Evening program includes some fun and games in the fish hold.

We plan to get underway early for our return to New Bedford Sunday at 1000.

Program Coordinators: Kristen Sharpless
Captain: Willi Bank

Out on the bowsprit furling the sail upon arrival at the Weepeckets.

The galley is a great place to be on a rainy cold day!

A plankton investigation.

The evening's activities in the Fish Hold.

Here is a closer look at the water in Buzzards Bay.

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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