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Date: Monday, May 13, 2002
Day One of a Four-Day Program

Waldorf School of Cape Cod stepped aboard this morning with 13 students and two staff for a four-day trip starting in Woods Hole bound for New London, CT. The weather turned out to be a big factor for this program with a series of low pressure systems tracking along a front that runs along the entire Eastern Seaboard setting up a rainy, wet and windy start. You can see the image below right from Intellicast.com produced by the WSI Corporation. There's a low over us now!

As you can see from the chart images, the ship got under way this morning from Dyer's Dock with a slight boost in current coming out of Woods Hole but then 2 to 3 knots against us. Good thing the tide turns and we had a fair breeze!

With the opportunity of a fair breeze and the prediction of the wind going SW and then W and increasing into late Tuesday to Wednesday, we decided to head to the protected waters of the Sakonnet and Narragansett Bay for the first day. The wind was Estly/ SEstly force 4 most of the day and we felt a bit more sea after the lee of Marthas Vineyard.... It did get a little bumpy crossing Rhode Island Sound, but then we got in with anchor down and cranked up some heaters down in the holds. You can see the track for the day on the second chart image.

Student Report:
Today was the 1st day of our trip. Cold. When we got on the boat it was already raining. Cold. Everyone was in rain gear. Cold. We had deck and hold orientations. Cold. When we left everyone was in high spirits. Cold. Unfortunately as soon as we left a storm moved overhead. Cold. As the boat rocked many grew sick. Cold. We unfurled the sails and we were at sea. Cold I stood watch for an hour or so and it is clearly the best job. Cold. Lunch and dinner were delicious. Cold. My watch is coming so, later. Cold. Very cold-

Chris
James
Jeff
Ashley
Allison

Captain: Amanda Madeira
Program: Coordinator: Crista Mellican

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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