Programs Blog

Wednesday, 06 August 2025

Present Position: (Lat and Long): 40 55.8’N/ 068 58’W

Ship Heading (degrees): 161 M

Ship Speed (knots): 4.90 kn

Log (nm): 229.6 nm

Weather / Wind / Sail Plan: e Bf4 /8 type stratus cumulus/ ENE 2 ft waves

Dear readers, Today has been a grueling day, all of B watch had to wake up at 00:30 to start their dawn watch (lazy watch) at 01:00. Upon arrival on deck, We receive the unfortunate news that all our fruits had to be cast off the ship because our beautiful Bat, Gernando, might have possibly contaminated them (Through Jeff’s Batman skills, Gernando is no longer with us). We were sadden by the news, but we had no choice since it was too risky to have a bat onboard the ship. The whole of B watch did a wonderful job tossing out all those wonderful fruits by working in unison.

Additionally, during dawn watch, we had a 45 minute tea time break to strengthen our shipmates bond which us writers have found very informative. Then, toward the end of our shift in the lab, we identified 100 ct of zooplankton, and noticed some whales in the far horizon. Finally, we were relieved from duty by C watch to eat some breakfast which were bacon, eggs, and blueberry muffins. After breakfast, all of B watch went to sleep until lunch.

After we all ate lunch which home-made bagel with sashimi and ham, we all hanged out in the dining room to work on our daily report until class at 14:30. During class, we were given different announcement by Jeff, and we were also tasked to give the other watches different reports that included weather, temperature, salinity, and log over the past 24 hours. The lesson of the day which was given by our captain personally was about showing us how to slow down the sail ship by maneuvering specific sails in case the lab needed to do science work. We were also given a small 15 minute class by Sophie on how to calculate true wind by using the apparent wind and the course of the boat.

I might have started the journal by saying today was a “grueling” day; but overall, it was a great day. We played cards with each other, we had ramen for dinner, and everyone is working  as hard as they can to keep this boat afloat.

P.S. –  From Linnea – Hi Mom, Dad, and Lyra, I’m alive. –Love, Linnea

       – From Alvin – All is well, made some friends and I’m js chilling there.

       – From Shaila: Hi family I love you all I’m alive and doing well. Te queiro mucho papa. And I miss you all! (I love you dd)

      – From Guywintz- Guytchelita, I know you might be the only one that read this, say Hi to Mom and Dad for me!

Guywintz Jules, Nikko Wu, Alvin Chen, B Watch