{"id":2093,"date":"2018-05-15T14:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2018-05-15T14:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:55:13","slug":"day-9-flying-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2018-summer\/day-9-flying-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9: Flying Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is another gorgeous day on the Atlantic! Since yesterday we\u00a0have steamed an easterly (090 true) course along the 38.7-degree north\u00a0line of latitude and are making great time. Over the past 24 hours we&#8217;ve\u00a0clocked 361.7 miles\u00a0traveled at 15.1\u00a0knots. We are approximately 500 miles\u00a0due south of Saint Johns, Newfoundland and hope to be\u00a0passing thru the Azores on Friday en route to Cadiz. We spotted a plethora of\u00a0flying fish yesterday afternoon while out enjoying the sunshine throughout\u00a0the day and into the early evening. This morning we staged the first of\u00a0a series of underway-vessel security drills\u00a0and Delta Company 2\/C had their STCW certified Vessel Security Officer\u00a0(VSO) exam.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2093 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/img_0113\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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To communicate with your student, please send messages to his or her issued e-mail address.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is another gorgeous day on the Atlantic! Since yesterday we\u00a0have steamed an easterly (090 true) course along the 38.7-degree north\u00a0line of latitude and are making great time. Over the past 24 hours we&#8217;ve\u00a0clocked 361.7 miles\u00a0traveled at 15.1\u00a0knots. 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