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Date: Monday, September 18, 2000
Time: 2000 EDT

We are dockside at Fan Pier at the Federal Court House Building in Boston after an educational program this morning.

The crew were up early again today and off the dock before breakfast to motor out to Pemberton Pier in Hull where students from Hull Memorial Junior High School came aboard at 0930 for a four-hour program.

The wind was just right for sail setting right at the dock as we were tied up. All hands could work to raise the 3000 pound mains'l and fores'l up before letting go the lines and rounding the point through the gut to sail out the Narrows and the Boston North Channel into Broad Sound.

Five interactive stations introduced students to Navigation, Marine Life (plankton net over), Mechanical Advantage (physics and technology of a 106-year-old schooner), Tools of the trade, and History.

We took advantage of the great wind and great weather to sail out and back, only using the engine to get on and off the dock.

Many thanks to Cynthia Gordon for her efforts to pull another year of programs off for Hull! Thanks also to the Boston Marine Society for their sponsorship that has enabled hundreds of students to experience the Harbor Islands, an experience at sea and the historic schooner.

After the sail, the crew brought the ship back to the Inner Harbor to prepare for tomorrow's sail with Outdoor Explorations. Three cheers for Samantha Heyman for her great work on Ernestina! Today was her last day aboard as mate before leaving Ernestina for a captain's job with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in New York.

You can see the Nubble Channel past Nixes Mate we took with the high tide to get back into Boston. There are many great places to explore in the Boston Harbor Islands! We sometimes bring groups out for overnight programs on Gallops Island.

Wind: SW'ly, Force 2
Visibility: Sunny, Excellent

Captain: Gregg Swanzey
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.

NOAA Chart is provided courtesy of Maptech using Cruising Navigator 4.3 and grabbing the image using Grabit Pro 6.02.

 
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