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Date: Thursday, July 20, 2000
Time: 2130 EDT

We sailed overnight under four lowers on a light SW'ly breeze. After breakfast at 0700 we gybed over to a port tack to sail a course over Roseway Bank converging in on the coast toward Halifax. You can see the 90 degree change in course at that point.

We were determined to use the sails and not the engine all the way to Halifax. We altered course slightly to pass over Roseway Bank in search of marine life. We spotted three white sided Atlantic dolphins, shearwaters and stormy petrels.

The evening breeze held light but steady offering a wonderful opportunity for an evening program of guest speakers...from the ships company. A talk on whales followed by Wedgeport's own Blair Boudreau's history of Nova Scotia. Crewmember Mike Stewart followed up with an intiguing explanation of the geological history of the area.

Wind: WSW Force 2/3
Visibility: Fair

Captain: Amanda Madeira
Program Coordinator: Inette Rex

We would like to thank Lotus and IBM for donation of software, hardware and funding to enable regular electronic updates from the ship.

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