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Maritime Art Sail
At-sea three-day program

Wednesday July 2 through Friday July 4, 2003

The ship anchored both nights in the Weepecket Islands off Naushon. Shown here is the track of the end of the first day and the beginning of the third day.

Here is a poem written by the art students - July 2-4 trip

This here is a story

containing races with one poorly manned dory,

Coiling ropes into balentines

and untouched fishing lines.

For three days was the Ernestina at sail

while every night ended with a wail

as someone felt the wrath of Adam's hand.

Only once did the young sailors reach land.

Playing Captain-Know-It-All

and trying to sing was a ball.

Every night the joy went on

as the crew shared one hold for bedding down.

Some slept as others were awoke

for night watch to protect our ship.

The bilges were checked;

Temps of food stores and light

kept us safe through the night.

When we voyaged to the land

and created drip castles in with sand,

the artist/sailors were busy with watercolors,

and Forest swam

until the clouds began.

Dories spun before the race.

We knew our hearts would keep a pace

to bring us back before the rain;

Our hands would not feel the pain.

That afternoon, together as a family,

we created carved block prints for stationery.

To return ship from our journey,

we raised anchor and sails a lot;

Our muscles felt like a knot.

As we sailed flags were born;

Ernestina is adorn

with friends anew

and journey come

never to loose the memories and fun.

Program Coordinator: Kristen Sharpless and Anita Lavigne
Captain: Willi Bank

We'd like to thank Anita and her son, Forest, for coming to Ernestina from Maine for this sail. Anita volunteered her services and brought a great wealth of talent for the design and implementation of this program.

We'd also like to thank the Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust for their support for the Maritime Art Sail. We hope to expand this type of programming on Ernestina in the future with more similar offerings!

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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