Peddocks Island in the Boston Harbor Islands is our destination at the end of the day.

The track for the day from Provincetown to the Boston Harbor Islands covers more than 60 miles.

Today was FUN!  We started doing our count off and then we did chores.  It was very tiring but we got through it.  We pulled up the anchor and set sails and then when on the way to boston int was very cool because we saw whales and a big tuna fish jumping out of the water.  The whales were so cool and they said hi to us by waving their fin.  That was awesome.  After we got out of whale territory (Stellwagen Bank) we saw dogfish (sharks).  It was so cool.  We had a class about sharks and whales and that was also cool.  We also have stories at night that is cool too.  
~Roberta Lombardi

Quotes from the crew:

  “There are only two types of sailors those who have been seasick and those who will”  
~Ian McCabe (quoting Chris)

  “My Dreams are dancing with bears (Polar Bears) and playing with whales (Narwhals)” 
~Traudi

  “* Four types of sailors – Those who are seasick those who will be seasick, those who have been seasick and those who lie about being seasick.”

  “You seem, like a girl who will shoot a deer for dinner and daddy will cook it before he goes to work in the coal mine.”  He didn’t know it but daddy really does work in a coal mine”
~Jessica Plachta

  “Alls well that ends well”  DM

"I would just like to thank all the people who made this trip possible.  It was great.” 
~Tani

  “BOSTON?  What are we doing in Boston?” 
~Peter

  “Sleep and showers are both overrated!  We pass this way only once.  Live each moment to its fullest.”  
~Chris

“Never, Ever sweat the anchor Burton by yourself!”

“You can sleep when your dead!”

  “Too bad we didn’t see a Narwhal”

“CUE the Tuna”

Regarding the marine sightings on this trip – “Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.” 
~Fred

“One by One the penguins steal my sanity”  anonymous

Program Coordinator: Rhonda Moniz
Schooner Sound Learning Program Coordinator: Chris Newlan
Captain: Gregg Swanzey

Pilgrim's Monument in Provincetown rises in the background.

Raising sail bound for the Bank. 

Stand by the halyard!

Ready on the jib sheet and the halyard!

The jib goes up aloft.

Students get a chance to go aloft. Whale Ho!

Making the move onto the spreaders at 85 feet off the water.

All hands search the horizon for whales. 

A Humpback Whale crosses our bow.

The small dorsal fin and large white flippers make the Humpback easy to identify.

The whale gives us a show. This is called flippering and you can see the fluted throat that allows the whale to take large gulps of seawater and strain out the small fish and crustaceans.

Humpbacks have white markings on the underside of their flukes that are like a finger print and unique for each whale. Here the whale is sounding, or going down, for several minutes.

The daily log entry is recorded.