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Maine Diaries: From palm trees to icebergs
I am huddled on the 04 observation deck wearing a
sweatshirt and jacket, and fighting a 30 degree wind
chill. I look across the fogged-in ocean at an
iceberg the size of a small condo, and think of how
lucky we are to be on a Caribbean cruise this
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Maine Diaries: Troubled waters
We sit here, 1200 miles from land, riding this large
steel beast that we call a ship across a torrent of
cresting waves and green water. Anyone calling for
the excitement of a good storm, in my mind, clearly
has not spent any great deal of time on the water or
they would know high seas, wind, and rain on any ship
is a pretty poor time. And, quite frankly, I have no
interest in seeing what other people had for
breakfast strewn across the side of our ship.
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Maine Diaries: True calling
Last night as I lay on the aft deck, the true beauty
of a calm night at sea struck me as never before. Not
a breath of wind blew last night as the boat rolled
and heeled with the long ocean swells, probably from
some far off storm we should never see. The sky
glowed and for the first time in more than a month I
felt a striking realization that this is really what
I am supposed to do.
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Maine Diaries: On the hook
With little to do but simply accept the fact that the
boat is going nowhere, we settle into a routine. Each
day we wake up to the same harbor, only miles away
from our starting point just days ago. For the
deckies, things couldn't be worse. They can only take
the same GPS coordinates so many times before it
strikes them that writing the same number down for
three weeks is a little less than pointless. The
engineers are, on the other hand, happy as a pig in,
well, you know. Read
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Maine Diaries: SNAFU! And back to Castine
Maine Diaries: Pre-departure May 2-May 5
Students reported to the ship on Saturday, May 2. They leave the dock tomorrow for their first port, Key West, Fla. The ship will also be stopping in Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada and Baltimore, Md. They will return to Castine, Me., in late June.
Here are his first posts in the days leading up to the departure. Read More...