Cobh, Ireland to Portland, Maine
Tuesday, 13 June Day 48 Daily Log Voyage # 0806
CAPTAIN'S LOG I have lined up a series of GUEST EDITORS which will grace this space on some of our remaining days. A mix of Faculty, staff and students to give you a bit of a different perspective of Training Cruise 2006. Today's guest editor is our Training Cruise 2006 Nurse, Julie Herndon. Medical Extrication to a lifeboat. Dr, RN & EMT in attendance. Training Cruise 2006 has been an awesome experience for me both personally and professionally and I must take this public forum to thank my employer, MSAD #75, for granting me this leave of absence, and my other employer, MMA, for giving me this opportunity! I have always been happiest when working on the ocean, whether it was on a small lobster boat or a large research vessel. Working as a nurse on TSSOM has allowed me to relive my days as the Pharmacist Mate aboard NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell, only on a much larger scale! The difference now, however, is the technology. I was able to "bring along" all the children of Harpswell Islands School, my co-workers, friends and family. And they have all graciously indulged my desire to communicate my experiences to them. It has also been inspiring to me, to know that the children are tracking my position on a large chart donated to the school by Capt. Wade. I must also take this moment to tell the children that my traveling companions, Flat Stanley and Flat Stella, have had an unbelievable trip visiting these European ports! Professionally, working as a team with Dr. Iverson, I have had an awesome refresher course in both emergency and shipboard medicine. Tonight we'll be giving a lecture on the treatment of burn injuries for any shipmate who would like to attend. I am also very grateful for the 'luxury' we have on TSSOM of SO MANY medically trained cadets and crew members! Their emergency medical response and ability to 'get in there' and help has been remarkable. On a personal level, I want to thank the people on the Bridge, who indulged my questions about where we were. Because of them, I knew the moment we were transiting the English Channel at the point of the D-Day invasion. It was a very somber moment for me which made me appreciate my parents' sacrifices during WWII. That experience, and visiting Europe for the first time, has piqued my curiosity about different cultures and world events. And as 4/C Vatsinaris said, I realize working at sea can be very hard for those at home. A very special thank you to all the special people in my life who made it possible for me to have this experience - you all know who you are! Check out our Question and Answer page.


Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description 0 hours Latitude 39-32.7 N Longitude 025-40.9 W Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 352.3 Nmiles Time run: 24 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 14.7 Kts Total passage distance: 1081.8 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 03 Days 04 Hours 00 Minutes Total Average Speed: 14.2 Kts ETA Portland Maine 21 June 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Charlie Alpha Delta Bravo
Weather
Wind: NNE'ly 14 Knots Sea: Small N'ly Swell: Long low N'ly Sky: Mostly sunny & Fair Weather Temperature: 66 Air 60 Sea Synopsis: . High Pressure over the Azores is ahead.


PHOTO's
Moonset yesterday morning as we motor towards our maximum South Latitude at the Azores. Here is a look at what one tracking option is offering to our web page followers. Azores tonight! Cobh Gdansk Barcelona
Notes:
Portland Info: BERTH: Maine State Pier, East Side 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 Tue 6/13/2006 5:47 AM Good Morning, Bowdoin is underway, abeam of Red Head,Prince Edward island and bound for the Isle de Madelines. We have light winds and a peek at the sun from time to time. We will be rounding the top of PEI later today and hope to be in Cap aux Meulles sometime Wednesday evening. We had a great visit in Summerside capped off by a tour and dinner at Holland Marine Center. They have a state of the art Tractor tug simulator and Dynamic positioning simulator. All of our crew got a chance to run the tractor tugs and Voith tugs and we had a virtual water ballet in simulated Halifax. Later, all the staff and faculty came down and toured the Bowdoin. They gave us a great dinner and we made some new friends. Every one is glad to be back at sea and we are looking forward to the "Bermuda of the Saint Lawrence" I continue the radio watch for the TSSOM, but have not been able to raise them yet. Best,John
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)