Kiel Canal to Cobh Ireland
Sunday, 4 June Day 38 Daily Log Voyage # 0706
CAPTAIN'S LOG We have been blessed by being able to add a bit of International Flavor to Training Cruise this year. We have with us two students from China who are Engineering Students at Dalian Maritime University. They have been at MMA since January, having spent the Spring Semester taking Engineering classes and now are with us on training cruise. From Barcelona to Gdynia we also had with us two Navigation students from Poland who study at Gdynia Maritime University. They had to disaembark last week to take their exams before going to sea for a year as cadets and then returning for their final year of study. The GMU program like most other European Maritime Schools takes 5 years. 3 Years of study, a year at sea as cadet and then the final year of study before graduating. Today is HOLIDAY ROUTINE again. The third of four scheduled for this year. Because of our training regimen and rotations of companies we do not observe Sundays as days off. Instead we arrange it so each company has watch during the Holiday Routine days. That gives them 3 days of Holiday and 1 day they work (watch). We will exit the English Channel later today and head up towards the River Cork. We will evaluate the weather, traffic and the opportunity to maybe go to anchor until our planned transit to Cobh on Wednesday morning. We have begun our transition back to Eastern Daylight Savings time by moving the clocks back 1 hour last night. When you combine this with reveille being an hour later this morning because of the Holiday, we all got 2 hours of extra sleep....or we could have if we were not creatures of habit awakening at 0400 every morning. Check out our Question and Answer page.


Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +1 hours Latitude 50-07.9 N Longitude 002-13.2 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 363.3 Nmiles Time run: 25 hrs min Average Speed. 14.5 Kts Total passage distance: 513.6 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 01Days 11 Hours 45 Minutes Total Average Speed: 14.4 Kts ETA Cobh Ireland 07 June 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Delta HOLIDAY Bravo HOLIDAY Alpha HOLIDAY Charlie
Weather
Wind: E'ly 6 knots Sea: Slight Swell: Nil Sky: Mostly sunny and hazy Temperature: 55 Air 53 Sea Synopsis: . High over the UK for the next couple of days


PHOTO's
The Baltic countries seem to be the leaders in using the wind for generating power. We have seen literally thousands of wind turbines, both on shore and offshore. They look like tree farms at sea all lined up in neat rows. They are in rural and village settings, industrial and agricultural areas. The livestock, swans, ducks and people all seem to be in harmony with harnessing the free wind to make electricity. Windmills in industrial and farm areas Some of these are truly giant in size. Co-existing with homes and wildlife Momma Swan with one hatchling and three eggs still on the nest Swans are everywhere, not the least worried about the ship's transiting Villages and homes, all neat as a pin!
Notes:
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 Kiel Kiel to Cuxhaven Cuxhaven to Cobh Cobh to Portland Portland to Castine TOTAL Cruise Mileage:		3614.6 Nautical Miles 248.6 Nautical Miles 519.1 Nautical Miles 2442.4 Nautical Miles 357.4 Nautical Miles 99.0 Nautical Miles 841 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 2675 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 90 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 10,964.9 Nautical Miles (Estimated)