{"id":6779,"date":"2026-07-12T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/?p=6779"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:24:34","slug":"day-70-home-sweet-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we pulled back into Castine, ME, to wrap up our summer sea term.\u00a0 We were welcomed home to a plethora of ships leading us back to our new dock. Families and friends waved from shore as we took up lines for the first time back home with our new ship. Cadets on board are ready to get off the ship and enjoy the rest of the summer.\u00a0 The next few days will get the ship clean and the cadets packed for our end of sea term on the 16th.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1352\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cadets line Handling\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1352-scaled-e1783894468176.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1353\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Staff waiting on new pilons\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1353-scaled-e1783894501833.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1354\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"New Dock\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1354-scaled-e1783894530387.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1355\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"First lines across\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1355-scaled-e1783894545327.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1356\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"New Dock\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1356-scaled-e1783894558697.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1309\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Line handling Fwd\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1309-scaled-e1783894620317.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1316\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"On the Bridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1316-scaled-e1783894647485.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1335\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Topside Cadets\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1335-scaled-e1783894669215.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1336\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Topside Cadets\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1336-scaled-e1783894686304.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1341\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Flotilla alongside\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1341-scaled-e1783894732959.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1343\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cadet looking out\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1346\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Ships alonside\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1346-scaled-e1783894888661.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1348\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"More boats alongside\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1348-scaled-e1783894970490.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/attachment\/img_1349\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"From the bridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1349-scaled-e1783895006702.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we pulled back into Castine, ME, to wrap up our summer sea term.\u00a0 We were welcomed home to a plethora of ships leading us back to our new dock. Families and friends waved from shore as we took up lines for the first time back home with our new ship. Cadets on board are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\"> Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":6790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-summer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, we pulled back into Castine, ME, to wrap up our summer sea term.\u00a0 We were welcomed home to a plethora of ships leading us back to our new dock. Families and friends waved from shore as we took up lines for the first time back home with our new ship. Cadets on board are [&hellip;]\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TSSOM Training Cruise Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-12T22:24:34+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lelandseggerman\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lelandseggerman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\",\"name\":\"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-12T22:24:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cecb3bb105b6df2c3ad77df1a0154e3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Cadet looking out\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/\",\"name\":\"TSSOM Training Cruise Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cecb3bb105b6df2c3ad77df1a0154e3\",\"name\":\"lelandseggerman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6527051512a80c900866820381c4fd4975370c480fc78b396524a476088dab7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6527051512a80c900866820381c4fd4975370c480fc78b396524a476088dab7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lelandseggerman\"}}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog","og_description":"Today, we pulled back into Castine, ME, to wrap up our summer sea term.\u00a0 We were welcomed home to a plethora of ships leading us back to our new dock. Families and friends waved from shore as we took up lines for the first time back home with our new ship. Cadets on board are [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/","og_site_name":"TSSOM Training Cruise Blog","article_published_time":"2026-07-12T22:24:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"lelandseggerman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lelandseggerman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/","name":"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home - TSSOM Training Cruise Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-12T22:24:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cecb3bb105b6df2c3ad77df1a0154e3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/07\/IMG_1343-scaled-e1783894767988.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Cadet looking out"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/2026-summer\/day-70-home-sweet-home\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Day 70 | Home Sweet Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/","name":"TSSOM Training Cruise Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8cecb3bb105b6df2c3ad77df1a0154e3","name":"lelandseggerman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6527051512a80c900866820381c4fd4975370c480fc78b396524a476088dab7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6527051512a80c900866820381c4fd4975370c480fc78b396524a476088dab7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"lelandseggerman"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6794,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6779\/revisions\/6794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}