Today, we are getting ready to head offshore and undertake the passage to Nova Scotia. The crew reviewed offshore safety procedures and learned how to reef Bowdoin’s main sail.

Students also got a chance to continue work on their celestial navigation skills and used a sextant to calculate the vessels latitude by local apparent noon.

Happily, it looks like we’re in for some good weather for the passage!

Disclaimer: Due to Bowdoin’s limited connectivity to the Internet, blog postings are delayed and are not intended for real-time communication.

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