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For
the next three days the Ernestina
will board the entire 5th grade class of Indian
Head School for exciting day sails out of New Bedford. Today
at 0930 the first group of 71 came aboard with lunch in hand.
After leaving the dock the group was split into a Jumbo sail
team and a Foresail team. With some instructions from the
crew, the kids were setting sail like they were born to do it.
Soon we were sailing with a light breeze into Buzzards Bay.
With
the sails set the students got into six groups and went around
the stations we had set up. The kids learned: water chemistry
with Alison, plankton with Liz, knots and bracelets with
Chris, navigation with Steve, Polly brought on some excellent
plaints and animals for the kids to touch and learn about, and
Lizzy, Heidi, Sharon, Traudi and Ben rotated around teaching
how to steer and be on bow watch. With three stations in the
morning and three after lunch, the students learned a lot in a
short amount of time.
Before
anyone was ready it was time to head home. We struck sail and
the students did a great job helping fold them up. It was a
good ending of a great day at sea.
Program
Coordinator: Gretchen Stuppy
Captain: Doug Nemeth
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