We spent the first night anchored off High Hill Point in the Sakonnet River. This shows the track coming in on the 18th (purple) and going out the next morning (blue).

This morning was our second day with the group from the Rhode Island Children's Crusade.  After breakfast and morning chores, we put the dinghy’s in the water and rowed ashore.  The students collected creatures along the intertidal zone, and we had a rock skipping contest followed by a successful ‘circle sit.’  After a strong row back against the wind we got underway setting not only the four lowers, but also the jib topsail.

Students spent the afternoon learning about plankton and water chemistry and took turns climbing aloft.  In the late afternoon we sailed into Buzzards Bay and after some tacks, struck our sails and set anchor in Apponagansett Bay.  Before dinner we managed time for a quick swim call with flips and dives off the bowsprit.  We wrapped our day up with a quick game of ‘Captain Know it all’ and the story of the Flying Dutchman.   It was a great busy day and we all turned in to our bunks looking forward to some sleep.

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Program Coordinator: Gretchen Stuppy
Captain: Gregg Swanzey

The day's run from the Sakonnet to Apponagansett Bay off Padanarum

We sailed in and tacked several times off Clarks Point and Fort Taber Park in New Bedford. The Coalition for Buzzards Bay was having a fundraising event next to Fort Rodman in the Park.