Gibraltar to Gdynia
Friday, 26 May Day 29 Daily Log Voyage # 0506
CAPTAIN'S LOG Hey the Holiday turned out just great! The weather cleared as we passed the White Cliffs of Dover and got better and better into the evening. By barbecue time it was beautiful and a super good meal was enjoyed by all. We passed through bunches of North Sea Oil rigs last night and this morning. Lots of activity with tankers shuttling around, supply boats for the rigs transiting and of course everywhere the ferries are motoring along. We should pick up the Baltic pilot at Skagen at the Northern most tip of Denmark about 0600 in the morning and will proceed south in the Baltic traversing the hundreds of Islands in the Western Baltic area. Check out our Question and Answer page.
ABS Robert D. Somerville, MMA '65	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME HALL OF FAME click above or to left


Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +2 hours Lat. 55-07.0 N Long. 006-01.2 E Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 335.9 Nmiles Time run: 24 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 14.0 Kts Total passage distance: 1657.6 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 05 Days 03 Hours 30 Minutes Total Average Speed: 13.4 Kts ETA Gdynia, Poland 29 May 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Charlie Delta Bravo Alpha
Weather
Wind: SW'ly 15 knots Sea: Small NW'ly Swell: Low confused mostly W'ly Sky: Mostly sunny Temperature: 56 Air 54 Sea Synopsis: Low over UK, Highs over Europe


PHOTO's
Better view from up high? Great Smile! Sea Stories? What's that your eating? Resident Artist? Deep discussion? I think I would like to work on that ship! Is MOXIE really the Official Soft Drink of the State of Maine? You see...this is how it's done! Deep in thought or sleeping behind the dark glasses? A big wave for all the folks on the Worldwide Web! Especially the girls.... Where was this guy when we did our "stowaway" search? So, let's you and I really organize this trash detail!
Notes:
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 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 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 519.1 Nautical Miles 2368 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 1375 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 2675 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 90 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 10,890.3 Nautical Miles (Estimated)