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High School sailed today with science and
horticultural classes aboard. Juniors and Seniors
could come, sophomores were back at school taking
the MCAS tests. The weather was very cool with a
brisk wind from the North. The fores'l and jumbo
went up and drove the ship along just fine past
Butler's Flat out of New Bedford Harbor. We
passed the clamboats using hydraulic dredges on
the way out and were overtaken by the Marthas
Vineyard ferry in for service at the new
Steamship Authority Maintenance Facility on the
Fairhaven waterfront. Aboard for this sail
today was a film crew getting footage for a
production about education and advocacy as well
as actions for a cleaner Buzzards Bay. Margaret
Brumsted, Dartmouth HS science teacher and
Ernestina's director were interviewed aboard with
Seth Garfield, Buzzard Baykeeper, coming
alongside with M/V Baykeeper to take the film
crew and Nina Danforth, project manager from DEM,
and David Janik, Buzzards Bay Team Leader from
EOEA back to New Bedford for more interviews with
Mark Rasmussen at the Coalition for Buzzards Bay,
Jim Simmons at Hands Across the Waters and Emily
Johns, teacher in the Winslow School (New
Bedford).
The image below shows our new depth sounder
recently installed thanks to Raytheon. We are
going to sail with company employees in September
in exchange. Water temperature today is 55.4F as
we cruised along at 5.4 knots with the bottom
31.6 feet below the transducer.
The image on lower right shows crew getting
the inflatable over as we came back to the dock.
We use this boat to thrust the bow when
maneuvering in tight quarters. The strong North
wind made dockage tricky. Notice the 15
horsepower 4-stroke outboard. 4-stroke engines
are much cleaner than 2-strokes. The better
efficiency and savings in maintenance recover the
extra cost within a short time.
Captain: Sophie
Morse
Program Coordinator: Inette Rex
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