Barcelona to Gibraltar

Saturday, 20 May  Day 23  Daily Log   Voyage #  0406

A short overnight jaunt down the Spanish Mediterranean coast and now this afternoon we will be stopping in Gibraltar to load bunkers (fuel).  Unfortunately it is a bit hazy and overcast so I don't think we will have an spectacular views of the "Rock". 

I expect the bunkering will take all night and possibly into tomorrow.  We have no word yet on when the barge will be out to us.

Truthfully it seems everyone is still a bit worn out from Barcelona.  Actually it takes about three days of normal sleep pattern to make up from any sleep deficit you might have accumulated.

I will continue with Barcelona Photos as the shipboard routine is basically the same each day.  When it is sunnier and clearer we will intersperse more student photos.

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Position at 1200 Local Time (LT)                                                   Zone Description +2 hours
Lat. 36-14.7 N   Long. 004-07.6 W 

Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival):  
Distance:      390.7  Nmiles
Time run:      24 hrs  00 min
Average Speed.  16.3  Kts
Total passage distance:      456.1   Nmiles       (to date)
Total passage Time:    01 Days    04 Hours     00 Minutes
Total Average Speed:     16.3 Kts

ETA Gibraltar 20 May 06 at 1600 Local time

Training  Company:            

Maintenance Company:      

Utility Company:                   

Duty (Watch) Company:       

Charlie

Bravo 

Delta

Wind:  Nil
Sea:     Smooth
Swell:  Nil
Sky:    Overcast
Temperature:  63 Air    64  Sea   

Synopsis:   High building over Western Med

Older buildings are interspersed with the new everywhere you look.

Major shopping street

Appropriately named "Pink Ladies"....must be the junior version of the "Red Hat Society"

Small pet shops and flower shops line a section of La Rambla

Cathedrals and towers are everywhere you look.

90 Meter Motor Yacht "ICE"....WOW!

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)

Barcelona Berth:  WORLD TRADE CENTER

Gdynia Info:

Gydnia Port Information (Fairplay)

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 granted 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
 

Castine to Barcelona

Barcelona to Barcelona (Training)

Barcelona to Gibraltar

Gibraltar to Gdynia

Gdynia to Cobh

Cobh to Portland

Portland to Castine

TOTAL Cruise Mileage:      

    3614.6  Nautical Miles

      248.6  Nautical Miles 

     518  Nautical Miles  (Estimated)

    2368 Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

    1375 Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

    2675 Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

        90 Nautical Miles   (Estimated)

    10,889.2  Nautical Miles  (Estimated)