Blogs from the SSV Corwith Cramer
The Final Mission- Operation Nantucket
B-Watch Last night all of the watches were tasked with a final mission: gather scientific data, make it into a presentation and deliver it to a rendezvous point many miles away, all while doing this independently with only minimal help from the crew. We, B Watch, were tasked with [...]
Ahoy lads!
Zoey, Suzy, and Hailey Ship's Log Noon Position 41 30.7' N X 69 19.6' W Ship Heading 115.55 degrees Ship Speed 4.6 knots Taffrail Log 652.9 nm Location Off of Cape Cod Souls on Board Ahoy lads! It's your favorite sailors Zoey, Hailey, and Suzy [...]
Foggy Night
B Watch Ship's Log Souls on Board Last night's watch was very busy and eventful. The first half of our time on the deck was accompanied by fair weather and the wind in our sails as well as a gorgeous sunset. At around midnight, heavy fog [...]
Wacky DreamLand
Terrance C Watch Ship's Log Noon Position 41 52.20'N , 069 43.10'W Ship Heading 110 degrees Ship Speed 3.52 Taffrail Log 456.7 Weather / Wind / Sail Plan Sailing on a close reach under four lowers , starboard tack, cto 110 psc, wind SSE, F4, Seas SSE 2ft tall. Visibility [...]
Heat Wave Subsiding!
Leif Thesen and Calvin Chiu Today we woke up at our normal time, 8 am and had a wide variety of things for breakfast. It was the first cool night on campus, so everyone was well rested. After our watch meetings, we set off to our first class [...]
Continuing Onwards
Gray N, A-watch. Ship's Log Noon Position 42 36.71N X 069 40.86W Ship Heading 131.68 Ship Speed 0.4 Taffrail Log 380.8 Weather / Wind / Sail Plan 29 C/ Clouds 5 Ci/ Wind WSW 2/ Barometer 1011/ Sea SxW 2 Description of location Wilkinson Basin off of Cape Cod Souls [...]
Blogs from the SSV Robert C. Seamans
Preparing for Land Sickness
Sunmin (Sunny) Kim, A watch, Boston University Ship's Log Noon Position 32°43.231’N 117°10.792’W Ship Heading NA Ship Speed At anchor Weather / Wind / Sail Plan Sunny! Souls on Board Dear S304, First stepping onto the Robert C Seamans (RCS) we were confused and nervous, not [...]
Double Trouble!
Olivia Najjar, A Watch, Lafayette College Olivia Pietz, C Watch, Cornell University Ship's Log Noon Position 32°57.8’N 117°38.9'W Ship Heading 134°T Ship Speed 8.1 knots Sail Plan Motoring (no sails up) Weather Clear Souls on Board So much has happened in the last month, and [...]
Turning 20 at Sea!
Samantha Schlegel, B Watch, University of Tampa Ship's Log Noon Position 34°44.373’N 120°30.839 Ship Heading 105.8° Ship Speed 7.6 kts Taffrail Log : Motor sailing under the storm trys’l, main stays’l, forestays’l, and jib Weather / Wind / Sail Plan NA Description of location NA Souls on Board [...]
Entering the Home Stretch
Ryan McMullen, A Watch, University of Miami Ship's Log Noon Position 35° 27.599’N 126° 34.00’W Ship Heading 070° Ship Speed 5 knots Sail Paln Storm Trys’l, Mainstays’l, Forestays’l, Jib, Jib Tops’l Weather / Wind / Sail Plan Wind- North by West at Beaufort Force of 4, Sea- 4-5 foot [...]
Various musings from the Robert C. Seamans
Colette Shaw, C Watch, Eckerd College & Nina Mewborne. A watch, American University Talia Felcher, A watch, Scripps College Ship's Log Noon Position 35° 28.718’ N 130° 45.643’ W Ship Heading 103.3° Ship Speed 5.9 knots Weather / Wind cloudy, Beaufort force of 3 Sail Plan Mains’l, Mainstays’l, Forestays’l, and [...]
Why does a seagull live by the sea?
Sarah Pokelwaldt, Program Assistant Ship's Log Noon Position 35 43.218 degrees N 130 13.760 degrees W Ship Heading 259 T Ship Speed 5.2 knots Weather Clear and starry Weather / Wind / Sail Plan Mains'l, Mainstays'l, Forestays'l and Jib Latest Neuston tow plastic count 126 Souls on Board [...]
Blogs from the SEA Campus
Good times at SEA
Solange Gerdeman We woke a half an hour earlier than normal—7:30 instead of 8—to prepare for our field trip to the Woods Hole Oceanagraphic Institute Marine Biological Laboratory. We were to meet with Molly, a marine engineer at the Institute. Our breakfast was the same as usual: a smorsgasbord of breakfast foods [...]
How We Acquired 15 Gallons of Popcorn (and Whale Watching)
Christoph Kershaw - Bedford High School & Melissa Giacobbe - Metea Valley High School Unfortunately, today we were woken up at 6:00, but by the end of the day our SEA group had acquired 15 gallons of popcorn, some insane whale experiences, and a first hand look at a [...]
A Day in the Life
Graham McCarthy and Isa Roth Today's wakeup time was 8:00 and after breakfast we started our day with watch meetings. After meeting with our watches and doing our respective chores everyone gathered in Madden for oceanography. In oceanography we did a mock convention creating posters and writing articles supporting [...]
Heat Wave Subsiding!
Leif Thesen and Calvin Chiu Today we woke up at our normal time, 8 am and had a wide variety of things for breakfast. It was the first cool night on campus, so everyone was well rested. After our watch meetings, we set off to our first class [...]
New Bedford Whaling Museum Day Out
By Harper Greenfield Oakwood Secondary School and Jimmy Shen Culver Academy Today we had an early start to our day with a quick breakfast at the picnic tables. A bus promptly pulled up to campus, and we were taken down to the museum. The ride was around forty-five [...]
An Informative Day on Campus
Anika Mootha – Greenhill School & Caroline Mostofizadeh- Palo Alto High School Today we started the day off with Karen’s oceanography class where we covered chemical oceanography and participated in the Carbon Molecule Activity. During this activity, we took on the role of a carbon atom as it cycled through the [...]
