CTY Whales 4: Summertime Sailing

Wow! The cadets of the Lady Maryland are certainly becoming salty sailors after two full days at sea! Over the past few days we have sailed from Salem Harbor to an anchorage near Plymouth, from Plymouth, through the Cape Cod Canal to an anchorage in Nasketucket Bay and finally from Naketucket Bay to New Bedford, MA.

During the trip we learned a lot more about sailing and all of the different parts of the boat. We also got to go fishing using a trawling net! We caught a bunch of cool sea critters which we worked together to identify. We caught two mantis shrimp, a couple of crabs, some squids and a lot of fish! We also got to go swimming in the bay a couple of times. One time, after we got out of the water, we saw a harbor seal swimming near the boat!

We can't wait to see what new adventures await us in New Bedford and beyond!

Two of our cadets studying the mantis shrimp we caught

Two of our cadets checking out the small fish we caught

Three of our cadets examining the squid we caught

Two of our cadets looking at the crabs we caught