As I mentioned the other day, and have been making subsequent posts about, my family & I are currently on vacation at our place in Maine.  It’s been a great trip so far, and has been relaxing – for the most part.  Yesterday evening we had some rain, which started out as a very pleasant …

Today was the annual Spring Career Fair here at MMA, where dozens of companies come to try and recruit this year’s graduating class, as well as some of the other cadets for internships and cooperatives. There were close to 100 companies represented, from all over the country and the world. I only stopped and talked …

So since I haven’t made a new post since the end of October, I thought it would be appropriate to post a few updates.  I’ve been able to hit some repeaters nearby, including the FARA 2 meter and the SCMARG 2 meter in Fairhaven. I’ve bought two new antennae.  One is a mag mount from …

This coming week officially starts final exams here at Mass Maritime.  However, many teachers have decided to either give their final exam early, to alleviate the stress of having all finals in one week, or to give the last test of the semester.  As a result, the past two weeks have found me busy studying …

MMA got its first snow of the season on Thursday, resulting in afternoon classes being cancelled. I took some pictures of the snow-covered campus, which I’ve posted below.

In January and February I will be shipping out on the T.S. Enterprise, Mass Maritime’s training ship, for Sea Term.  Sea Term is Mass Maritime’s hands-on training period, where cadets gain practical experience in working and living on board a commercial ship.  Depending on your major, you will do between one and three Sea Terms.  …

The Mass Maritime Green Club took a tour today of the solar power system the school has installed. The system cost about $1 million to purchase and install, and will provide a peak of 81kW to the school. It should complement nicely the 660kW wind turbine that the school put up in 2006. One of …

Hurricane Noel (technically no longer a hurricane once it reached us) came through Cape Cod on Saturday, bringing winds in excess of 50 MPH, a couple of inches of rain, and 25-30 foot seas offshore. Mass Maritime had its fair share of issues as a result of the storm, including minor flooding and power outages. …

I took some pictures of the T.S. Enterprise at Massachusetts Maritime Academy last week, shown below. They were taken near sunset, to get the light coming in low across the port bow.

U.S. Coast Guard from Air Station Cape Cod ran a series of airborne insertion and extraction drills at Massachusetts Maritime Academy last week in conjunction with the T.S. Enterprise.