Castine to Barcelona
Tuesday, 09 May Day 12 Daily Log Voyage # 0106
CAPTAIN'S LOG Last year we took some "bottle letters" to sea with us and deployed them at various times during cruise. Because of the prohibition of dumping plastics in the sea, they were necessarily glass, which makes them somewhat susceptible to breakage. That not withstanding I was thrilled to receive the below correspondence this morning. For your information the "Adams School" is the local K-8 school in Castine. Hi Larry: I got a phone call yesterday from a woman in Kensington, Maryland. She was vacationing in Nassau, Bahamas and found one of the Adams School bottles on the beach--intact. It had messages from our fourth graders. And it was a bottle that we sent on the TS STATE OF MAINE last year! Their e-mail message below. It even came with photos of the beach. Principal Adams School Castine, ME 04421 www.adamsschool.com Dear Bottle-senders ¡V Meredith, Paul, Alex W., J.C. and Jasper, Our names are Cecelia and Jim and we found your bottle floating near Nassau, New Providence Island in the Bahamas while we were on vacation. We had rented a jet-ski and while we were riding near Cable Beach, we saw your bottle and pulled it from the water. When we got back to our hotel room we broke open the bottle very carefully and were very excited to see your letters all the way from Maine!!! We have enclosed some pictures from our trip including the neck of the bottle - the picture is a little fuzzy but if you look closely, you can see where a few small clams have attached themselves. When we were in the Bahamas we ate Conch which is a native food and in fact is a big snail. Not Cecelia's favorite food. It's good but lobster is better!!!! The weather was absolutely beautiful and the water is clear and reflects the blue of the sky. As for us, we live in Kensington, Maryland which is a little north of Washington, DC. We have 3 dogs and their names are Max, Mox and Missy. They are all "mutts¨ from rescue leagues. We also have an African Grey Parrot named Charlie who barks like a dog and laughs like a person. Could you please tell us how far your bottle traveled in the year it was in the Atlantic Ocean? Where exactly was the bottle put into the water?? Just think of all the things your bottle went through. Your bottle even had to make its way over a reef that surrounds Cable Beach. It could have gone all the way down the East Coast, just to break on the reef with the island in sight, but thank goodness it made it!!! We hope you are as excited about your bottle being found as we were in finding it!!! We hope to hear from you soon!!! Finding your bottle was the best surprise of our vacation!!!! Your Friends, Cecelia and Jim Kensington, Maryland Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description -2 hours Lat. 38-13.5 N Long. 036-28.6 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 362.4 Nmiles Time run: 23 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 15.8 Kts Total passage distance: 1587.3 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 03 Days 23 Hours 54 Minutes Total Average Speed: 16.6 Kts ETA Barcelona Spain 16 May 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Charlie Delta Alpha Bravo
Weather
Wind: NE'ly 20 Knots Sea: Rough NE'ly Swell: Moderate NE'ly Sky: Mostly Cloudy with patches of blue sky, some showers Temperature: 62 Air 66 Sea Synopsis: Low N of the Azores


PHOTO's
Abandon Ship Drill this morning with ship gently rolling Heaving line training....Great Toss! Sounding (measuring liquid levels) Ballast tanks and voids.
Notes:
Barcelona Info: (Maine Boat Builders) Barcelona Weather site: http://www.bcn.es/temps/english/ MED Weather: http://www.eurometeo.com/english/meteomar/id_2 Barcelona Port Information (Fairplay) 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)