Days 4 and 5, P-Town to New Bedford

Greetings! We've had a lovely past couple of days here on Lady Maryland. On Saturday, we undocked in Provincetown and set sail for New Bedford. On the way, we passed by a fellow schooner, the Spirit of South Carolina. When we heard "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" we covered our ears as our boat fired a small cannon in greeting. We docked in New Bedford and got a chance to step on shore. We toured the Gazela, an historic Portuguese cod fishing vessel which was docked right next to us. It was quite huge in comparison to Lady Maryland and had several square-rigged sails up forward. Now I'll turn it over to the students to tell you about our day yesterday.

"Today on August 1st, we pulled away from the dock at New Bedford. We sailed much of the day while rotating watch positions. We saw a mola mola, also known as the ocean sunfish. Captain Sinker caught a bluefish. We also caught a lionsmane jellyfish, which we looked at in a bucket on deck before setting it free. It was very cool! We anchored near Fisher's Island, CT and we sung sea shanties! We not only sang sea shanties but we learned about them too! Overall it was a calm day with lots of new experiences."

-Written by Emily and Sofia