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Auburn Middle School Sail
Day Sail 9:30am-1:30pm

Member Sail
5-8pm

Wednesday, May 28, 2003

 

As the students arrived this morning a few sprinkles
of rain were falling, luckily it did not rain and
gradually became sunny! The students had learned from yesterday's group and came more prepared for the wind and chill out on the water.

We had the same six 20 minute stations as yesterday, Plankton, Water Testing, Navigation, Simple Machines, Shanties, and Helm and Bow with one modification: bow watch morphed into a chance for half of the students to go out on the bowsprit. This was naturally quite popular.

After rotating through these stations the second "American Idol" chantey sing off was staged to close the sail. The winners of the "American Idol at Sea II" contest were: Jonny, Sam, Chelsea, Andrew, Tyrell, Chantel and Danielle singing a rocking version of "John Cherokee." All contestants did a great job learning the songs of the sea! A grand time was had by all.

For the evening member sail, fair weather and a full breeze took us through the hurricane barrier with a full boat of crew,  volunteers, members and chantey singers.  Compared to this mornings sail with little to no wind, this sail was a thrill for all.  Beating out of the channel, those forward of the break in the deck got the occasional splash, the chorus group chantied, and a hearty few stood at the helm and held the Ernestina  on course.  At some points in during the evening, the ship raced along at a bracing nine knots.

Program Coordinators: Kristen Sharpless
Captain: Amanda Madeira

It is a different perspective from the bowsprit.

One group steers the ship, another navigates.

Furling the jib is an exciting job.

It takes six to get the sail faked down and lashed.

Mechanical advantage makes work easier.

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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