Location: Statia
Today started anchored just off St. Barths. After a quick breakfast of oatmeal, we finished prepping the ship for the 27 nautical mile sail to Statia. The crew, like a well-oiled machine, set our four primary sails in just ten minutes, a far cry from the hour and a half it used to take us. Once underway, we had a practical MTE lab in which the shipmates had to estimate as close to our time of arrival using only conventional means. Once we had our course locked in, we pulled our two topsails out of the laz. We first set the fisherman, which flies between the main and fore masts above the foresail. This was our first time using this sail on our voyage. Then, we set the flying jib, which we had used a time or two before. Once the sails were up, we were some of the lucky students who got to sail Ocean Star under full sail, some 4400sq. Ft. Once we arrived in Statia, Sam was declared the winner of the contest, and we started into BA before dinner, followed by OCB, in which we watched another episode of Blue Planet.