At Castine Maine
Monday, 01 May Day 4 Daily Log Voyage # 0106
CAPTAIN'S LOG DRILLS are the order of the day today as they have been every day since Friday. We start out with familiarization and "walk throughs" so everyone is familiar with where they need to go when the signal is sounded. This progresses to gear issuing and responding with more and more gear to handle the emergency at each successive drill. This will lead us to the Official Drill conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard as part of our inspections to renew our Certificate of Inspection. That Official Drill is unannounced and we have no idea of what type of Emergency the USCG will deem to have us perform for them.....SO, it can be very interesting. There has certainly been a marked improvement in procedures and accountability in the past couple of days as everyone gets more familiar with the tried and true steps necessary to be successful. The other big issue today is Security and as such everyone sailing with us MUST have Security awareness and Force Protection training along with the Security training mandated by the Vessel's Security Plan. This training is essential in the world today and is ongoing before and during each port visit. New to Cruise this year is a specific Vessel / Company Security Officer Training Course which is being offered to the Upper Class students. It is professionally taught by members of M-PACT and MMA personnel and will result in a Certificate of completion which satisfies the criteria of USCG and the Maritime Administration. M-PACT is partnered with MMA for various Security courses specific to First Responders, Marine Personnel, Security Personnel and Local, County and State level personnel. Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description -4 hours EDST Lat. 44-23.2 N Long. 068-47.8 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: Nmiles Time run: hrs min Average Speed. Kts Total passage distance: Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: Days Hours Minutes Total Average Speed: Kts ETD Castine Maine 03 May 06 at 1000 Local time (ZT -4 hours)
Today's Activities
Duty (Watch) Company: Maintenance Company: Training Company: Utility Company:
Weather
Wind: NE'ly 13 Knots Sea: Slight Swell: Nil Sky: Clear with overcast sky. Damp! Temperature: 53 Air 41 Sea Synopsis: High pressure is dominating.


PHOTO's
Starting #2 Lifeboat Diesel Starboard Boats swung out Starboard Muster Station An orderly gathering. Boats # 1 & #3 at the Embarkation Deck CADET Chief Mate giving instructions at the drill yesterday afternoon.
Notes:
Barcelona Info: (Maine Boat Builders) Gdynia Info: Cobh Info: (Info about U.S. $100 Bills) Portland Info: Portland/Castine Excursion: Rockland to Castine the day we arrive back at our home berth has been designated as a possible "excursion day". The U.S. Coast Guard has been asked to grant us a permit to take extra persons on board above our vessels certification. To do this we have to have certain lifesaving procedures and equipment on board. Accordingly the numbers we can take are strictly limited. We, of necessity, have limited our guests to 2 persons per upper class student on cruise (immediate family members only) plus official MMA invitees and crew member guests. We can not offer more because we do not have the lifesaving capability. Also this is always a tentative adventure which because of weather, security, operational difficulties etc. may be cancelled up to the last moment. The security issue is becoming a big item in how we offer and execute these excursions, so for those who are planning to attend please be patient with the necessary procedures. Schooner BOWDOIN Summer Cruise Itinerary: 01 June Underway Castine 03 June Brown's Bank 06 June Sable Island (weather permitting, if not we may stop on the way back) 08 June Strait of Canso 09 June Charlottetown PEI 11 June Summerside, PEI 14 June Isle de Magdeline 17 June Bras D'Or Lakes, Beddeck, NS 24 June Lunenburg NS 30 June Castine
Tally
*Cruise mileages:* Castine to Barcelona Barcelona to Gdynia Gdynia to Cobh Cobh to Portland Portland to Castine TOTAL Cruise Mileage:	3500 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 2690 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 1375 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 2675 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 90 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 10,330 Nautical Miles (Estimated)