At Castine, Maine
Sunday, 25 June Day 60 Daily Log Voyage # 0906
CAPTAIN'S LOG FUNNY PHOTOS So, these have to be two of the funniest pictures from cruise. Two local Castine individuals invited to ride from Portland to Castine, sitting with the President of the MMA Alumni Association and he does not even wake them up for the photo session! THEIR BACK.....or so goes the famous saying! We arrived back at our home dock in Castine last night with the Official ALL FAST, FWE (Finished with engines) at 1840 hours. The trip up from Portland, though not the best VISUALLY speaking, went very smoothly. The seas were calm, the food was good and plentiful, and leaving Portland and arriving at Castine the weather cooperated and the viewing was great. We were pleased to be able to host 174 guests which had our on board number up at 443. Quite a crowd. We were still greeted by many, many more here at Castine and we managed a record 42 minute tie-up at our home dock. It's nice to be back...the training experiences were great, the ports terrific, the weather not too bad at all, and the memories firmly etched for posterity. One more web page tomorrow. IMPORTANT: For those of you who have asked....we do intend to make the web pages plus extra photos available for download via the internet. We need to wait till after tomorrow but please come back and look...we will post on line instructions and links. Check out our Question and Answer page.

Daily Cruise Statistics
Position at 1200 Local Time (LT) Zone Description +4 hours ARRIVAL Monhegan Pilot Station EDST (Castine time) Noon to noon (or Departure to Noon or Noon to Arrival): Distance: 35.6 Nmiles Time run: 2 hrs 55 min Average Speed. 12.2 Kts (towing) Total passage distance: 35.6 Nmiles (to date) Total passage Time: 0 Days 2 Hours 55 Minutes Total Average Speed: 12.2 Kts ETD Castine, Maine 7 May 2007
Today's Activities
Training Company: Maintenance Company: Utility Company: Duty (Watch) Company:	Bravo Delta Charlie Alpha
Weather
Wind: Nil Sea: Nil Swell: Nil Sky: Overcast with some early fog Temperature: 66 Air 55 Sea Synopsis: .


PHOTO's
Pilot boat approaches out of the fog. Almost alongside! Dice's Head Light...pretty sight! "CH" Bell Buoy (Castine Harbor) Castine, looking lush & green Part of our welcoming crowd The gangway to the end of Training Cruise 2006 It's great to be back!
Notes:
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 6/24/06 No update yet 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 3392.9 Nautical Miles 35.6 Nautical Miles 11,551.3 Nautical Miles