CTY Whales day 6

Today, we woke up at 7 as usual. Absolutely no one wanted to wake up, also as usual. However, since starboard watch had the 8-12 shift, we were kept busy all morning. Since we had sailed through the night, the sails were already up, so right away, port watch started their morning lessons as starboard watch rotated from the navigation table, to the helm, and on to bow watch. All of these positions are much more important than they sound. When you are at the nav table, you are plotting the course the Lady Maryland will sail next and checking out the estimated time of arrival at our destination. At the helm, you are the one responsible for steering the boat. On bow watch, you check for possible obstacles such as bouys that could hit the ship.

A little later, Rachel and Nina tought us about estuaries. They are really quite interesting, especially the names for the wild life that live there! Each group drew their own estuary, complete with animals that lived in different regions. It was a lot of fun.

In the early afternoon, we anchored at Fisher's Island, just a few minutes aways from Mystic Seaport. Soon enough, we were lucky enough to have a swim call. The water was freezing cold and there as a strong current, but it was definitely refreshing. After the swim call, the cadets hung around, chatting, laughing, and doing nothing much until dinner time.

Dinner was absolutely delicious...juicy hamburgers with a great dessert: large wafer cookies that could be dipped in chocolate! Actually, dessert got a little bit out of hand. Everyone went a little crazy for the chocolate since they hadn't really eaten any junk food in over a week! After dinner, we were quick to go to bed. We're all really excited for Mystic Seaport tomorrow.

written by Christine