Whales CTY Summer Session 4 Day 7

Day 7
8/5/08
Since yesterday was a relaxing day at the beach, today we sailed all day from Lewes, DE, through the C and D canal, finally anchoring in Maryland.
Last night we anchored in Lewes and got to sleep on deck. We woke up this morning to a delicious breakfast. We proceeded to see dolphins cross our bow and see sea turtles swim close to the port side as we set sail.
In the middle of tying the somewhat impossible bowline knot, I was relieved to be called down below for initiation. The adults on board the Lady Maryland in addition to Jimbo were dressed in costumes while they all too happily squirted us with miniature water guns and poured false-in bacon bits in our hair. We were all called up individually. We had to crawl through a life ring with a type one PFD on. Then Dylan stated something about each of us which ranged from being a rock star to always wearing your hair up. After this, we had to eat a cracker with leftovers on it, then have a mixture of mayo and blueberries wiped on our faces. I'm not sure what you would call all of that, but it was a good surprise. We cleaned the fake-in bits off the deck and did our best to wash our faces. We had a delicious dinner of spaghetti and meat sauce, which I have been craving. We then did an activity called scrimshaw. On old whaling boats, men would make these in their free time. Scrimshaw is carvings in whale bone filled with ink. Men were paid little or nothing at all, so they would use their art to buy food and gifts in town. We made our carvings on touga nuts, not whale bone. We mustered and got ready for another relaxing sleep on deck.
Written by Savannah