Programs Blog

Saturday, 25 October 2025

Noon Position: 31° 30.8’ N x 057° 52.5’ W           

Ship Heading: 195°

Ship Speed: 7 knots

Log: 1724 nautical miles

Weather: Motor sailing on a port tack under shallow reefed main sail and stays’ls. Wind SExE, force 4 winds, and seas of 2-3 feet coming from ESE.

Description of location: 300nm SE of Bermuda!

Day 18 onboard SSV Corwith Cramer! Today I started my day by hearing the breakfast “alarm” from galley, meaning it was time for breakfast. I didn’t have an official wake up since my watch had evening watch (7pm-1am) the previous night. I was pretty tired from our watch so after breakfast I went right back to my bunk and fell asleep. While to everyone reading this it might sound a bit lazy and odd to have gone back to bed after breakfast but with our watch schedule, fitting in even a few hours of sleep is key to being alert and effective while on watch. Watch is a 6 hour time period at least once a day, sometimes twice, where your watch is steering, on lookout, doing boat checks, helping in the galley and science during those hours. Every day during watch we get to learn new things whether you’re in the lab with your marine tech or on deck with your mate. Every day is filled with new information and details about the ship itself, navigation and science.

Once I woke up around 11, I got ready for the day and had a little more time before lunch so I decided to read on deck where my watch-mates, Claire and Sam Z., were already reading. I joined them and enjoyed the clear blue sky and very clear blue Sargasso Sea. We have been recently sailing east to avoid Melissa, the hurricane, but today we started our journey south towards St John! We all went down to the main salon for lunch and then headed up for watch. I got put on helm for the first hour, meaning I was steering the ship. Craig soon took over because all the watches and watch officers had field day! While one may think that this is a series of games like tug-of-war and one legged race played in a field, this is not the case on a ship! Field Day is when all the watches get assigned a part of the ship to clean; this was our second field day of the voyage so we were all prepared for what was to come. My watch, C Watch, cleaned the aft part of the ship, I did a deep clean of the aft bathroom while also sweeping and wiping down high-touch surfaces. This took us about two hours to complete but in return the ship was looking very clean! After, Captain announced we all got to have an on-deck outdoor shower with the fire hose. To save fresh water, we have all rerouted to salt water showers on deck. We all got our bathing suits on and went to the science deck where Lila and Ben sat up on the science lab top and sprayed us all down. It was AWESOME. Not a lot of people can say they have showered in the Sargasso Sea, but we sure can!!

As C watch was still currently standing watch I had to go on to lookout for the last stretch of watch. But, the sunset made it all worth it, it was a mix of pink and purple of the port side of the ship and then starboard it was red and orange. One of the best days of the trip so far! After that, we had watch turnover to A watch who was standing watch for the evening. Although this wasn’t an average day aboard the ship with field day and everything, it was still one of the best days so far onboard the Corwith Cramer! We as a group are slowly becoming more adjusted to the tall ship life and loving every part about it!

Avery B., C Watch

Shout outs: Hi Mom, Dad, Jackson and Grace! I miss and love you all so much! Both Brooke and I are having a blast and can’t wait to tell you everything! J