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Location: Cartagena, Spain Author: George Whiting Today started much like our others when at a dock or at anchor, a 7:30 breakfast followed by a morning class. However, instead of having a normal class in the saloon, Matty surprised everyone with a squid dissection. After everyone got their hands dirty on deck during the dissection, [...]

Location: Underway Author: Hannah Dale As we enter the final day of our Atlantic Ocean crossing, we are all amazed by the amount of water we’ve covered, the ease with which we take rapid fire on-deck instructions, and how normal it is to cook a meal for 30 people while experiencing intense rocking. Two weeks [...]

Location: Mt. Point Author: Michael I started the morning on the last anchor watch looking at the sun rise and tonight ended with everyone around a fabulously prepared Mexican Night watching one of the most beautiful sunsets in the BVI. We started our day in Savanna Bay anchored on the Leeward side of Virgin Gorda. [...]

Location: Monaco Author: Kenji Gottner We started off this day anchoring in Villefranche, France. Our main event for today was to visit Monaco to visit the Oceanographic museum. Before that we had to complete a class in Marine Biology and get briefed on menu planning for the rest of the trip. After this week we [...]

Location: Ile Fourche Author: Josh Freeman After our OCB class this morning, we pulled out of Gustavia. We had a quick motor over to Ile Fourche and dropped anchor. We went for a few dives and worked on our research projects. People caught up on their sleep, whether they crawled into their bunks or drifted [...]