Cobh, Ireland to Portland, Maine
Sunday, 18 June Day 53 Daily Log Voyage # 0806
CAPTAIN'S LOG HAPPY FATHER'S DAY We are approaching our last week of Training Cruise 2006. A week from tomorrow it will be history. Our time away is divided into segments of relatively routine normally uneventful motoring along enjoying the ever changing sea, traffic and peacefulness of this way of life. It is interspersed with segments of intense activity in and around our port calls. For us, the next week will be one of those intense periods. Everyone is anxious to see family and friends and at the same time the level of activity with our Portland visit will mean lots of hard work and hours of prep work before welcoming our family, friends and alumni aboard. I think everyone is up to the task and well versed in what is necessary considering that from 16 May till 10 June we visited 4 ports, twice transited the Straits of Gibraltar and English Channel, motored in the restricted waters of the Baltic and Kiel canal and dealt with some minor ship casualties. Learning experience...you bet! The difference in skill levels and situational awareness between leaving Castine and arriving Portland is immense and increases daily. The cohesiveness of the entire shipboard population makes goals easy to achieve and satisfying to accomplish. Many new friends have been made and they will remember us as we remember them. I had an interesting e-mail this morning from our friends in Gdynia. Their entire Soccer team, and our friends there, sent congratulations on the "heroic" attitude of the U.S. Soccer team in the World Cup first round match against Italy yesterday. Less than 3 weeks ago were were playing them in a match in Gdynia...they remembered and so do we! We look forward to showing our pride in our ship and Academy as we prepare for our Portland Visit. Wednesday morning is fast approaching. Check out our Question and Answer page.

Flat Stanley and Flat Stella

The "FLAT" story: TODAY Stella and Stanley are joining the students in the "chow line" where they will learn how much Pizza is actually consumed on board....and come to think about it. Ice Cream too! A couple of months with us and they may not be quite so "flat".


Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +3 hours Latitude 39-10.3 N Longitude 062-56.0 W 1 hours ahead of Castine Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 388.9 Nmiles Time run: 25 hrs 00 min Average Speed. 15.6 Kts Total passage distance: 2919.6 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 08 Days 07 Hours 00 Minutes Total Average Speed: 14.7 Kts ETA Portland Maine 21 June 06 at 0700 Local time
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Bravo Delta Alpha Charlie
Weather
Wind: SE'ly 4 Knots Sea: Small SE'ly Swell: Low confused Sky: Mostly sunny & Fair Weather, motored through fronts last night Temperature: 76 Air 64 Sea Synopsis: . Upper level trough then high pressure builds


PHOTO's
Below sequence of photos detail Deck Training in rigging and transferring loads from one purchase to another while using guy lines to control the load. The end result can be a rewarding learning experience.
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 No update today....
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)