It’s Thursday night, and we’ve only got two full days left in Buzzards Bay before casting off lines and heading south.  We’re doing very well in preparations for departure, with only a couple of major things left on the to-do list.  On-load was finished today, with the arrival of 200 gallons of milk.  We’re now …

Tonight marks the last night we’ll be in Buzzards Bay for the next six weeks. It’s been pretty quiet on board, not much different from any other night we’ve had so far. The holds were filled with the usual crowd of people and computers – watching movies, playing games, listening to music. There is an …

This morning at 0900 we had the official Coast Guard-inspected fire & emergency and abandon ship drills.  It took about 90 minutes, and appeared to run smoothly, so we now have the official seal of approval to ship out!  We have less than 24 hours until we depart, though you might not know it from …

The past three days we’ve done emergency drills every day. We have practiced fire & emergency and abandon ship drills each day, usually taking a total of about one and a half to two hours. Tomorrow we’ll be doing the official drills required by the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard inspectors will be on board …