Castine to Barcelona
Saturday, 06 May Day 9 Daily Log Voyage # 0106
CAPTAIN'S LOG Who says this cruise is TRAINING? We crossed the Gulf Stream early this morning and are now heading East towards the Azores. During the night we passed through areas of patchy fog and fishermen, but as we got further offshore we passed through the traffic lanes to and from Europe for those ship's sailing a great circle course. The ship was pretty quiet last night on our first night at sea...not much activity about, besides the fact that it had not warmed up yet so it was pretty chilly. Company rotation happened today so we have new groups of students in all the positions. We will continue to rotate through training days 2, 3 & 4 for the remaining companies, which will take us up till Barcelona. The weather forecasts have us traveling along with a ridge of high pressure that is building to the north. That will mean some pretty nice weather for us for the next few days. Sunny and clear with minimal clouds which should make for some celestial opportunities. Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description -4 hours EDST Lat. 39-58.7 N Long. 061-31.1 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 384.3 Nmiles Time run: 24 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 16.0 Kts Total passage distance: 414.7 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 01 Days 01 Hours 54 Minutes Total Average Speed: 16.0 Kts ETA Barcelona Spain 16 May 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Bravo Charlie Delta Alpha
Weather
Wind: SSE'ly 17 Knots Sea: Slmall SE'ly Swell: Low S'ly Sky: Mix of Sun, Clouds & Patchy Fog Temperature: 61 Air 61 Sea Synopsis: High Pressure Ridge


PHOTO's
4/C Deck Training The Reg Office is always busy! Plumbers... Hard at work? Yes, always, in the Laundry Scullery is also busy ....but who's looking on. Fixing ballasts...making rounds.
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)