This morning, 34 participant from the Victor School and Walden Street School boarded the Ernestina.  These two schools, as well as Pelham Academy from yesterday’s sail, are all part of the Concord Family and Youth Services.  The Victor School is a day school for students in the Acton area, while the Walden Street School is a all girl residential School in Concord.

The students boarded at 1030 and we set the four lower sails, the main, the fore, the jumbo, and the jib.  Students helped to raise the sails and learned how to coil and balentine all the lines.  After the sails were raised, participants broke up into groups and went through a series of stations, learning how to navigate, how to steer, how to tie knots, about the ships many lives, how simple machines work, and about plankton.   We broke for lunch just after noon and took some time to relax and enjoy being on the water.  Returning to port we struck our sails just after passing by the airport.  The participants all lent a hand in furling our sails and we returned to the dock by 1340.

After a few hours off, the crew returned to the ship and we welcomed people aboard for our evening member sail.  We had a total of 44 people including members, friends and family of the crew, people from the Cape Verdean Consulate in Boston, and Ulrich Johnson with his group from Teens against Gang Violence.

The evening provided a beautiful sail around Boston Harbor with a decent breeze at times and a gorgeous sunset.  We set the four lowers and made it out to Long Island before tacking around.  It was a relaxing sail for all involved and we look forward to seeing everyone onboard again in the future. 

Program Coordinator: Gretchen Stuppy
CFYS Director: Daniel Yalowitz
Captain: Sophie Morse