Castine to Barcelona
Sunday, 14 May Day 17 Daily Log Voyage # 0206
CAPTAIN'S LOG *Happy Mothers Day* We are currently heading up the coast of Spain towards our destination at Barcelona. We have maintained our engine speed at full ahead (100 % propeller pitch) since departing Penobscot Bay back on the 5th of May. Our voyage speed should be almost 16.5 knots and the Engine has been very happy going along at about 80% of maximum continuous rating (MCR). Horsepower has been about 6400 or so most of the time. Our propeller is undersized for the engine so we are not able to get any higher horsepower. Tonight when we arrive we will go offshore at a much slower speed and use the remaining time for training before entering port on Tuesday morning. Inspections, port briefs, wash downs, shine the brass and a raft of myriad little details need to be taken care of before entering port so it will be a busy last couple of days. The Spanish coast with it prominent outcropping land points equipped with lighthouses, offers some great terrestrial navigation opportunities. The large amount of coastal traffic makes for interesting watches and there are always the unique ships that pop up for us to discuss. Some of the students are just now getting to stand their first watches as their Company Rotation finally gets them on the Watch Bill. Last leg of the voyage...our destination lies ahead! Check out our Question and Answer page.
Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +1 hours Lat. 39-32.4 N Long. 001-01.1 E Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 376 Nmiles Time run: 23 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 16.3 Kts Total passage distance: 3496.5 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 08 Days 20 Hours 54 Minutes Total Average Speed: 16.4 Kts ETA Barcelona Spain 16 May 06 at 0700 Local time (Pilot Aboard) Arrival Vicinity Barcelona TONIGHT 1900 hours local (commence training evolutions)
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Delta Alpha Bravo Charlie
Weather
Wind: NNE'ly 10 knots Sea: Choppy NE'ly Swell: Low NNE'ly Sky: Occasional sun Temperature: 66 Air 62 Sea Synopsis: High Pressure Western Med


PHOTO's
"Handysize" Tanker (very modern). Heavy lift ship carrying an oil production unit. (These ships sink by taking on ballast. They then float what they carry over the ship. Next they pump out the ballast and raise the ship and cargo up to transit draft.) Interesting night time Bridge photo, the night we left. 2/C & 4/C Deck training. Spanish coast in the background.
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)