at Cobh Ireland
Tuesday, 6 June Day 41 Daily Log Voyage # 0706
CAPTAIN'S LOG Well, of course, sitting a mile off Ireland at anchor has evoked some emotions from crew and students...."I sure would like to be over there!" seems to be the general feeling. Understandably so. This has always been a problem on all ships that have to sit somewhere waiting for a berth or simply waiting for orders. Loading, discharging or steaming along at sea is not an issue, but stop the ship with no mission and everyone gets antsy. Tomorrow morning we will be berthed at the Cork, Cobh Cruise Ship Terminal, our last foreign port call of Training Cruise 2006. Next stop will be Portland Maine. Oh, one thing to look for....a bit of weather is predicted for about the same time we will be leaving Cobh on Saturday, so the past 3 weeks of calm and COMPLACENCY may find some general malaise and turmoil and certainly will reveal any loose gear. May curtail our painting plans also. Last night was the room and personnel inspection and it was a step above the previous. All focus is on the big one before Portland as they know "Mom" will be here to see how they are doing. Maybe a gift or two will smooth the waters. There is a Waterford Crystal factory in the area and also the Blarney Woolen Mill shopping complex outside of Cork. For the last minute shopper trying to get rid of Euros there are even shops beside the ship in the Heritage Center. Tonight is the "mandatory" port brief before port tomorrow. A wealth of information is available from our trip here 4 years ago. We were here on the 1st through 3rd of June 2002. For the next few days the weather should warm with a flow of air from the Continent so we are looking forward to some "Fish & Chips" and I have heard mention of "Guinness & Murphy's". Word of caution is that there is a difference in size between a U.S. Pint and a British Pint with the British being the larger.....maybe a "cuppa" would be safer! Check out our Question and Answer page.


Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +1 hours Arrival Cobh Ireland ANCHORED off River Cork. 05 June @ 1138 Local time Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 000 Nmiles Time run: 00 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 000 Kts Total passage distance: 00000 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 00 Days 00 Hours 00 Minutes Total Average Speed: 000 Kts ETA Cobh Ireland Pilot Station 07 June 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Alpha Charlie Bravo Delta
Weather
Wind: NNE'ly 4 knots Sea: Wavelets to Slight to Nil Swell: Nil Sky: Sunny, light haze Temperature: 58 Air 53 Sea Synopsis: . High pressure predominates


PHOTO's
"The Donald" and his buddy help monitor a 2/C deck quiz. Ireland from a mile at sea! At anchor is a great opportunity to run all the boat engines Engine room fire casualty gets loaded into the #2 Lifeboat The security training cadets appears to be having "too much fun"! Never let your advantage slip...and don't mess with a lady with a gun. . TEAMWORK insures the result you are looking for.
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 UPDATE Monday 6/5/06 0949 Tina all is well. Departed Shelburne Sunday 0700 beat up Nova Scotia coast. Wind Shift in the night. Gave us a good downwind run towards Sable Island. Expect to arrive early AM Tuesday. Hope conditions will allow us to land. Good Crew. Good food. Will talk soon. Please Forward to TSSOM our Update.
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 841.7 Nautical Miles 2675 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 90 Nautical Miles (Estimated) 10,887.8 Nautical Miles (Estimated)