Trip 4 Day 2 (July 30th)

July 30th: Isle of Shoals, NH - Stellwagon Bank, NH
Written by Sarah and crew:

Today was horrible but we also saw many whales. Overall, we saw 12 humpbacks, 1 finback, and 1 minke whale. It was awesome! We saw them breaching, lobtailing, fin slapping, deep diving, and logging. Unfortunately, we haven't seen them doing any spyhopping yet so hopefully we'll get to see that later on. Anyways, the weather in the morning was really rainy with lots of clouds and fog. That was the time when everyone started getting seasick. Lots of dizziness ensued and all but three of the kids ended up puking. When the weather cleared up, we started feeling better and started doing some more work. During class, we got our first creative project, which was to create our own flags for our watch (each student is divided into one of the two watches: Port or Starboard). It was really exciting for us!

At night we got another interesting thing from one of our crew members named Bard. He gave us a plastic Dubloin and instructed us to keep it with us at all times. Bard would be doing checks with us throughout the week and we have to have it with us so we won't get disqualified for the prize at the end of the journey.

Later that night, we each had to do night shifts watching the boat. We saw bioluminescent jellyfish and really pretty starts. Hopefully everyone won't be as sick tomorrow.