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10 June 09 .... Day 41

ZENITH underway

Yesterday started with a Fire And Boat Drill at 0500. Great way to start the day and also teaches everyone to have some clothes ready at all times to snug up over your "jammies". Reveille at 0615 hours was pretty much a "no brainer" after the early wakeup.

We launched Zenith yesterday and as she was launching she slipped from the straps and launched upside down.....Yikes. Of course we were really worried but a few minutes later as she was back in the wake of the ship she flipped herself over and went sailing downwind. What a great testimonial to the design and to the builder "Dick Baldwin". Thanks Dick, your vision and skills were tested today and passed with flying colors. And YES...she is also transmitting flawlessly as she has been all along. We certainly hope that there will be a lot of kids benefiting from the lessons these boats can help with.

We have one boat left aboard with a faulty transmitter and we expect a replacement at St. John's. We will cut the old one out of the deck and install a new one for a launch on the way South to Baltimore.

The visibility remains good and the seas remain mostly calm, but the noticeable difference is in the air temperature. When we came out of the Gulf Stream the water almost immediately dropped 5 degrees C and that resulted in a drop in the air temperature. This morning it is 43 degrees F, something that feel pretty drastic to us coming from 80-90 Degree F San Juan. Today we will do a "drive by" offshore St. John's and go North a bit more to see some icebergs before turning West and then South to follow the same track back to St. John's as we were on when we came around the top of Newfoundland when we left Quebec a few years ago. That will put us right on time for our Friday morning arrival.

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Today's Activities

Watch,

Maintenance,

Training,

Utility