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Date: Saturday, July 6, 2002

 
It was a glorious day for a member sail this morning as 59 members boarded for a 4 hour sail.  We were very pleased to host 15 members of the Cronin family who have been celebrating with an extended family reunion over the last week.  It was great to have Hannah and Gordon Cohen back onboard.  They both participated in the open enrollment sails and traveled to New Bedford from West Virginia for the Cronin reunion and got some exciting sailing in too! Lee Heald, program director from the New Bedford Whaling Museum and family were aboard as well.

We entered Buzzards Bay under very light winds.  It was quite beautiful to see the Bay so calm.  The Beans provided us with exceptional sea music for most of the voyage.  Our own Erika Boulware, an AB deckhand, and engineer Steve Swift also lent their voices for some songs.

The afternoon winds finally arrived at noon as we were getting ready to come back to the dock. We arrived back at State Pier at 1300 and bid farewell to our members as the Beans sang "Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her."

Back onshore, Tom Goux and intern Gil Pires marched in the Cape Verdean Independence Day Recognition Parade.  Cape Verdean President Pedro Pires was the Grand Marshall and sat in the reviewing stand as the student-made 6-foot model of Ernestina went by.

We thank President Pires for his efforts 20 years ago when, as he served as prime minister, Ernestina came across the Atlantic as a gift from the newly formed Republic to the people of America!

Our evening sail was very exciting.  Marybeth Starrett had chartered the ship for a surprise birthday party to celebrate her husband, Steve's, 50th birthday.  He arrived at the ship thinking he was there to take measurements for deck cushions. (on Ernestina??)  When the guests yelled, "Surprise", he still didn't know the party was for him.  It truly was a surprise!

As we sailed towards Ricketson Point, the skies opened up and pelting rain came down on the party. Thankfully, the storm passed the bevy of gag gifts were brought out.  Steve took all the ribbing with good humor.

Upon returning to the dock, a crowd of movie goers awaited the ship for a "Stars in the Spars" evening.  We want to thank Shaw's and Star Market for their support in this community activity.  Over 40 people watched "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."   Another exciting day in Ernestina World from sun-up to hours past sunset!

The upper chart image to the right shows the evening sail that arrived back at 9pm after taking a spin by Padanarum Harbor. The other includes the past week's worth of tracks that show Ernestina's cumulative activity in the Bay. The ship gets around!

Photos are due soon.... We had a technical problem with the digital camera hookup. Check back in Tuesday.

Captain: Sophie Morse and Gregg Swanzey
Program Coordinator: Steve Kirk and Polly Zajac

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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