CTY Whales 4: Adventures Ashore!

As we landed in New Bedford, the Lady Maryland crew had the opportunity to explore the New Bedford Whaling Museum. We had the privilege to see  (and smell!) a national treasure in the most complete whale skeleton in the U.S. In the museum we were also able to see a half sized replica of the Lagota, an old whaling vessel. After personalizing our very own scrimshaw during the transit to New Bedford, we were able to see the largest scrimshaw collection in the country!

Then we sailed to Woods Hole, MA where we started the day off by heading on a dock tour of the research vessel, Knorr as well as Alvin, the submarine that was used to search for the Titanic. We learned that the U.S. Navy actually commissioned Alvin to find two submarines under a cover story of looking for the Titanic. The research team was able to find the submarines so quickly that they used their leftover time to actually find the Titanic! Later on we were able to see the REMUS, a great white shark tracker. We saw footage of a REMUS being attacked by the shark it was tracking, and then we saw the robot itself in the exhibition center where we were able to feel its battle scars. 

To top off the day, Captain Sarah treated the crew to ice cream and a fun game of kickball!

The next day the cadets gave tours of the Pungy schooner to another talented youth camp. Later they went on a scavenger hunt around Woods Hole which wrapped up with a visit to the aquarium where they were able to see the feeding of seals.

Finally, the Lady Maryland set sail once again and is now anchored near Martha's Vineyard and the cadets are looking forward to a great last full day at sea!

Our life sized lobster from the scavenger hunt!

 The port watch forming a human pyramid, with Scuffy!

Starboard watch with civilian wearing Cape Cod attire

NOAA scientists spotted by our cadets!

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