The Larger the Waves, the Higher the Enjoyable!

Friday, June 19, 2026
Noon Position: 42^o 05.16’ N, 068^o 59.63’ W
Ship Heading (levels): 180^o
Ship Speed: 6.4 Knots
Log: 373.4 nm
Clear skies/Wind at Beaufort Force 5/Sailing on a SSE’ly course
Nearing George’s Bank, 46 nm East of Provincetown

Good morning everybody! Yesterday began out robust because the imposing gale began to peter out round midnight, and the seas started to relax within the early morning for B watch at daybreak. After daybreak watch, each the lab crew and deck crew of C watch helped with line dealing with to organize the ship for science.

C watch accomplished many early deployments together with dropping the CTD to (for this voyage) an unprecedented 250 meters. They additionally applied a Neuston tow, phytoplankton web, and a Secchi disk (good job to Cameryn for guessing the visibility the closest!!). C watch was sadly unable to do the Shipek Grab, because the water bought too deep too quick. At the very finish of morning watch, the science staff for C watch obtained an surprising kiss from the ocean for all of their onerous work.

In the afternoon, we had class and discovered some new crusing maneuvers, which we then practiced ourselves. The crew was simply capable of decrease a sail with the mixed would possibly of just about each single scholar on one line. During class we have been lucky to see a Mola mola waving at us, wishing us luck on the remainder of our journey. After class, many individuals made friendship bracelets in the primary salon with string from the library. Once once more, Ava made a fantastic dinner. We had two sorts of pasta in a single sitting (which is extraordinary) with additional nooch, in fact. She additionally used our bananas to make an exquisite banana bread! Another stunning sundown awaited us, made even higher by the persevering with lack of pirates (knock on wooden…) 

C Watch – Dawn Watch (Stella, Thomas, Cameryn, Charlie)