The foggy morning in Nantucket turned into a hot sunny afternoon as we welcomed on board our new Voyaging Crew. Ten college students and their professor Dr. Jack Looney from UMASS Boston are sailing with us for the next 6 days in order to complete the requirements for their course Exploring the Marine Environment. In addition to the college students we have four high school students that will be sailing with us. Two are sons of one of the college students, and two are recent high school graduates who won a scholarship to be here by writing a convincing essay. As soon as all new crew were aboard and introductions made, we wasted no time and proceeded to get underway. Our plan is to sail to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 140 nautical miles away, so we will sail through the night with our new crew learning all the responsibility that goes along with standing watches.

We set the Four lowers outside the Harbor, and caught the fair current at Great Round Shoal before dark. The chart image shows our course north and east of Nantucket. Heavy Fog settled in as soon as we cleared Great Point.

All through the night students stood watch , and took turns at the Helm, and Lookout. The Ships fog signal continued until well into the second day. The cruise track shows us crossing the Boston Ship Traffic Lanes east of Cape Cod at approx 0200 Sunday morning.

Captain: Willi Bank
Program Coordinator: Crista Mellican