At Castine Maine
Tuesday, 02 May Day 5 Daily Log Voyage # 0106
CAPTAIN'S LOG Today we finished up with our Department of Defense Force Protection training and the last Company of students completed their Ship Security training. Things are being secured for sea and more and more systems are being started, tested and made operational. U.S. Coast Guard personnel from the Belfast Maine office are aboard and looking at various safety items, witnessing the releasing gear tests on the lifeboats and conducting drills. Licenses and documents are being checked, questions are being asked and in general they should get a feel for our readiness level. Looks like the weather offshore might be a bit on the bouncy side tomorrow, which should prove interesting for some folks. All in all, we will be pretty much ready to leave by supper time tonight. The only shore connections left attached to the ship will be gangway, lines and phone. 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
U.S. Coast Guard witnesses Lifeboat Releasing gear Test Boats are loaded to maximum capacity for the test On lookers....and shuttle boat crew Shuttle boat awaits the transfer of personnel. Official withesses. Personnel transfer is complete. "OSCAR" before and after he was lost overboard! "Oscar" was saved, but we stepped on him during boat hook-up. Water temperature 42° F
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)