Harvey Gamage

>> Monday, October 14, 2013

One of our deckhands, John, takes in the sunset as we arrive in Charleston.

Eli mans the helm in the calm after the storm.

And then the sun came out and we had a beautiful couple of days on our way into Charleston.

Rounding Hatteras

We definitely hit some rough weather coming around Hatteras. Students and crew bonded through days of big seas and heavy winds. Oh, and we had some great sailing! Thanks to Kelsey Allen's waterproof camera, we have some salty images...

Pin Chase- Bivalve, NJ

Students put their sailing knowledge to the test during a pin chase in Bivalve. Divided into watches, students had to either tie knots or run to lines in order to identify them. The prize-a night off watch in Charleston. The winners-A Watch!!

Due to some running on deck, Thaddeus had to pay a penalty and crab walk to identify the jib downhaul!

>> Saturday, October 5, 2013

While underway to Bivalve, NJ, we finally caught a fish! Mr. Spillias, our third mate, took time to lead students through a careful dissection of this beautiful Tuna. We discovered the contents of its stomach, located its internal organs, and then Speight ate the heart! Afterwards, Kat filleted the fish and the braver of us tasted it sashimi style.

In Mystic Seaport, Speight takes time to do some journaling in the early morning sunshine.

Dan and Ethan, having been the first two to attain head rig clearance, snapped this photo of Gamage from the Mystic Seaport dock where they were ready to tie us off.

Mystic Seaport gave us the opportunity to learn about the trades of a working seaport. We sang sea shanties, learned about blacksmithing, celestial navigation, and even rowed whale boats in the lovely afternoon sun.

As we left Mystic, students really had time to become accustomed to life at sea, and the duties and responsibilities of being students and sailors. The weather has been dry and sunny so far, and it has accorded us many a lovely sunset and sunrise.