Castine to Barcelona
Friday, 12 May Day 15 Daily Log Voyage # 0106
CAPTAIN'S LOG HOLIDAY, HOLIDAY, HOLIDAY.....all hands not on watch are authorized to switch to civilian clothes and observe Holiday routine as per the Cruise Manual and Plan of the Day. So, went the announcement at 0900 this morning after the ship was tidied up a bit after breakfast. We advance clocks again tonight, which will put us on GMT or Greenwich Mean Time. Time Zone Zero or Zebra. We are starting to pick up traffic. The bridge at coffee time this morning had about a dozen targets on the radar. A few obviously headed to the Straits of Gibraltar. Skeet shooting from the upper deck aft was a popular activity this morning after the requisite Shotgun Safety Lecture and Demonstration which, of course, was approved by a high level Government Official. :) So, our day of leisure is underway.....to be capped off with a Barbecue on the stern at supper time. Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description -1 hours Lat. 35-53.2 N Long. 012-28.4 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 391.7 Nmiles Time run: 24 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 16.3 Kts Total passage distance: 2749.8 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 06 Days 22 Hours 54 Minutes Total Average Speed: 16.5 Kts ETA Barcelona Spain 16 May 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Delta Alpha Charlie Bravo
Weather
Wind: Nil Sea: Glassy Swell: Nil Sky: Sunny Temperature: 66 Air 64 Sea Synopsis: High Pressure ridge into the Western Med


PHOTO's
Team M&M was victorious, defeating Team Sodexho 2 games to 1. Pretty awesome sunset last night. Skeet shooting this morning. Great day with ships crossing in the distance. This "terrorist" is messing with the wrong guy....WAIT, they look like friends!
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: Portland 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)