This sail was sponsored by the Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEAL) under the auspices of the Community Foundation of Southeastern MA with funding thanks to the Sudbury Foundation, Henry H. Crapo Charitable Foundation and the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.

The green image on the chart shows our track for this sail.  The purple track shows our member sail. Note that the purple track took and electronic jump over an island.... There are some track points missing during that short stretch taking the ship a little further south in the channel befor making the turn to Providence.

We departed Fall River for the last time this season with members on board at 1345.  Also on board was Marty Tullock and his students from Falmouth High School with , Joel Sullivan and his students from Westport High School as well as some new faces and many familiar ones.  We made our way to Providence under six sails, striking all as the sun set.

Ernestina sailed into Providence regularly as a Cape Verdean packet schooner between 1948 and 1965. Back then the ship came in to exchange cargo and passengers for trans-Atlantic passage on an annual cycle (one round trip each year) with the dock location then being nearby at India Point just inside where the hurricane gate stands today. Too bad we can't get into the river to the old dock or to run alongside the gondolas during "WaterFire!"

We look forward to building more collaborative programs with Providence along with the Sloop Providence, official vessel of Rhode Island, and the Cape Verdean community. We're working on an idea involving the art communities of Providence, Newport and New Bedford for next year!

Captain: Amanda Madeira
Program Coordinators: Inette Rex