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“God Save Our Gracious Queen”

Feb 4, 2010

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Location: St. Helena, UK, Atlantic Ocean Author: Jessica (Beaker) Wurzbacher During the last few days of our passage to St Helena I taught watch team two the English National Anthem in preparation of our arrival to this small British island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Our performance was at breakfast this morning [...]

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Up We Go!

Nov 28, 2009

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Location: Saba Author: Dan First thing after breakfast today we all prepared to head to shore. From the boat, the sigh of Saba was a bit daunting, being that it is a 3,000 foot mountain sticking straight out of the ocean that is fairly steep on all sides. None the less, we were all ready [...]

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Full Day in Dominica

Feb 5, 2012

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Location: Portsmouth, Dominica Author: Brian Today was a full day. We started the morning earlier than usual with a quick breakfast of milk and cereal at 7:00am. Following a quick briefing, half the group went out scuba diving and the other went into the Indian River. We switched after lunch. The morning dive group made [...]

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Couscous and Pickpockets

Oct 28, 2011

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Location: Marrakech, Morocco Author: Emily Al was skipper, but as he stayed back on the boat I will write about the day’s events. The day began with a hectic docking in Safi. The marina we are staying at is commercial and not really sailboat friendly. We had to maneuver around several other boats and had [...]

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City Life

Oct 13, 2012

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Location: Palma, Mallorca Author: Brittany Davis With watch teams still in full force this morning, the whole crew emerged on deck around 11:30 as we were coming into the harbor in Palma. As Argo cruised into the docks full of multi-million dollar boats, the students were quite in awe. We docked near the location where [...]

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