{"id":2214,"date":"2018-05-29T18:47:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T22:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2018-05-29T18:47:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T22:47:16","slug":"day-23-the-english-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2018-summer\/day-23-the-english-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 23: The English Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s weather is what comes to mind envisioning the English Channel in late Spring: gray (or grey as it&#8217;s spelled in the UK) with light rain\/mist, and\u00a0visibility out to just a couple of miles. Aboard TSSOM the\u00a0spirit remains high. We are transiting the English Channel, then\u00a0shortly thereafter the Dover Strait, and then onto Rotterdam! 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