Blogs from the SSV Corwith Cramer
Dawn Watch
Author: Tessa G., B Watch Ship's Log When I was woken up by Sophie for dawn watch my first thought was, already?Having just fallen asleep after a lot of rolling around my bunk it wasalready time for Bravo Watch to take over the deck. Once Johnny [...]
Good Times Aboard Cramer
Author: Cole J., A Watch Ship's Log Tuesday October 17 2023Noon Position: Lat: 42deg 05.17 N x Long: 64deg 16.56 WShip Heading: 180degShip Speed: 7.5 ktsLog: 803.9NMWeather: windy and cold, chance of rain / Wind: 16ktsDescription of location: South Of Nova Scotia When someone asks you [...]
Birthday, Burgers, and Firing Swells
Author: Myles S., C Watch Ship's Log Thursday, October, 19th, 2023Noon Position: 38 deg 29.0 'W x 063' 44.4 'NShip Heading: 198 degShip Speed: 7.4 knLog: 1092 nmWeather / Wind / Sail Plan: Windy, warm, chance of rain / Wind: 16ktsSwells: 10ftDescription of location: Gulf Stream [...]
Departing Lunenburg
Author: Noah Y., B-Watch Ship's Log Monday, 16 October 2023Noon Position: 44°04.3’N 064° 09.0’WShip Heading: 195°Ship Speed: 6 knotsLog: 679.8nmWeather: Cold and cloudy with some NNW windsDescription of location: 20nm S of Lunenburg Early this morning we departed Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, after an amazing 4days there. [...]
Port Stop Report: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Author: Ben Kochan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Maritime Studies Ship's Log Date: October 16, 2023 Ship’s Position: Lunenburg Harbor After ten days aboard the Corwith Cramer (including three days waylaid in Gloucester Harbor), Ocean Classroom students had plenty to be excited about upon [...]
A truly, trip-advisor-10-star-review worthy day!
Author: Paige M., B-Watch Ship's Log Sunday, 15 October 2023Noon Position: 44°22.5’N 64° 18.6’WLog: 658.1nmWeather: Chilly Nova Scotian breeze with some sunshine!Description of location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia What a day! After our unexpected delayed departure from Lunenburg, the crewpulled together quite the [...]
Blogs from the SSV Robert C. Seamans
Putting the Wow in JWO
Author: Julia Konopski, Marist College (B Watch) & Chelsea Moody, Bowdoin College (B Watch) Ship's Log March 15, 2024Position: 45°05.841’S, 171°36.267’EWeather: ~10 degrees C all day (brr!), winds SSW F5 gusting 6, 3 ft seasfrom S, occasional squalls !!!!JOINT BLOG ALERT!!!!Today was a tough day for [...]
Musings From Aloft
Author: Ren Block, Mount Holyoke College Ship's Log March 13th, 2024Position: Dunedin (docked)Weather: So lovely Hello Everyone !I am sort of at a loss for words as I sit here to type this blog. This trip,which is now (unfortunately) near its end, has left me nearly [...]
Within the Bioluminescence
Author: Kristin Zunino, College of the Atlantic (C Watch) Ship's Log March 9, 2024Position: 40°39.239’S x 170°45.735’EHeading and speed: 190°, 6.3 knotsWeather: Force 7 winds coming from the SSW and 4 foot seas from the S. It iscloudy out with cirrus and altocumulus clouds. The temperature is 14°C. [...]
This is a training environment
Author: Delphine Demaisy, C Watch, College of the Atlantic Ship's Log March 8, 2024Position: 43°45.482’S x 173°12.572’EHeading and speed: 165°, 6.3 knotsWeather: Force 4 winds coming from the SE with 2 feet swells coming from theS. Bright and clear day with parse cirrus and cumulus clouds and a drytemperature of [...]
Too little too late. Laying aloft on the main
Author: Alex Smith (A Watch) and Julian Swensen (C Watch) Ship's Log March 7, 2024Position: Anchored at Pigeon BayWeather: Sunny, warm, low winds This is a joint effort as both of the writers missed their blog days. OopsieJ.Most of the day has been spent at anchor [...]
Goodbye Kaikoura, pronto Dunedin!
Author: Katie Culp, B Watch, College of the Atlantic ‘24 Ship's Log March 6th, 2024Position: 42°58.609’S x 173°33.606’EShip’s heading and speed: 194° T, 6.7 knotsWeather: A mostly sunny, breezy day, with winds easing during the day(averaging a force 4 midday and dropping to force 2-3 in the evening) andthe midday [...]
Blogs from the SEA Campus
Cloudy Day at Woodneck Beach
Natalie Aluwihare Today we woke up at our normal time and had a whole bunch of things for breakfast. After our watch meetings, we set off to our first class of the day, Oceans & Society. We learned about the different types of sailing methods and different types [...]
Field Trip Day!
Macy Brigham-Hill -- Sidwell Friends School & Edward Iannuzzi-Sucich – Storm King School Today we woke up bright and early (at 6:45am!!) to go on a field trip to visit Woods Hole and tour the Vineyard Sound on the Zephyr. After a short breakfast, we drove [...]
A Humid Day on the Cape
Marina Loewen – Lord Byng Secondary School & Miles Gabriele-Burke St. Francis School We started today off with a walk to the knob. It’s a little dike with a point at the end where you can view of the ocean. There was a really nice wind that took [...]
SEA’s Cape day one!!
Ella McCarthy- Belmont High School & Sophie Buckley- SSSAS This morning we were awakened by our lovely RAs at 8:00 am. We then had breakfast and began our chores. Everyone is separated into four different watches and each watch is assigned a different task. These tasks include cleaning the common [...]
Whale Watching and Plymouth
Gage Webber, Newton North Highschool Today was quite eventful. I started the day with an early wakeup, some breakfast, and preparing my lunch for the whale watch. After a long bus ride with many bumps, we all made it to the dock where we boarded the boat and [...]
A Day In The Life Of An Oceanographer
Sydney Brant, Winston Preparatory School, Norwalk, CT and Harper Fortgang, Proof School, San Francisco, CA In our morning Oceans and Society class, we discussed the environmental and societal impact of the lobster industry. Every year, hundreds of Right Whales are fatally entangled in lobster trap rope. As a [...]