Location: 38 40.2 N 028 31.1 W Course 110 Speed 14.4 kts
Weather: Partly Cloudy Wind: SW 30 kts Seas: Small sea swell
Although the wind has picked up, we spend most of the day sheltered by the Azores as we navigated a somewhat serpentine track through the islands to allow the 2/C some time honing their pilotage skills. By 1700 we had cleared the islands and started making our way to the NE.
Photos and captions provided by 4/C Knox and 4/C Slocum:
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- Charlie 4/C DiGuglielmo, Cronin, and Clayton work on their chart plotting skills under the supervision of training officer Fader.
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- Delta 4/C deck maintenance groups labor with small links of chain to remove old paint from the hand rails. 4/C Bradley and 4/C Bernier in particular work with intensity to see who can remove the most paint the fastest.
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- 2/C McAfee receives instruction from Miss Osborne on how to properly take salt water ballast soundings. We take salt water ballast soundings every morning on the TSSOM.
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- Never missing an opportunity, 4/C Cronin fishes off the fantail in the Azores.
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