On their last full day at sea, the cadets got to test their new sailing expertise in the Schooner Olympics. The students competed in teams of Port and Starboard Watch in the following events:
1. Ballantine coiling
2. Line identification/pin chase
3. Knot tying
4. Relay race (stations included locating bearings on watch off the bow, reciting emergency protocol, and identifying compass directions)
5. Writing down standing orders verbatim
And finally...
6. Using the ship's halyard lines to lift our beloved second mate Joe.
At various points, the teams were rewarded 5 points, two goats, a cow, pi(e), and a meat grinder.
But the real winner was Joe.
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