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 …

Today we spent the day loading food onto the ship.  We need to load enough food for 590 people for our entire time at sea, so needless to sea it’s an immense and time-consuming task.  I was told by a fellow cadet that we loaded 134 palettes of food just today.  We will be continuing …

Today has been a very busy day.  The morning started at around 7:00 when people started arriving in Harrington Hall to put their bags down and check in.  We had a meeting in Admirals’ Hall until about 10:00 reiterating the basic dos and don’ts of the ship.  We then broke off into our divisions, and …

Today is the one month mark from departing Buzzards Bay for Sea Term 2008. In fact, as you may or may not have noticed, I’ve added a countdown on the right side of the page until we are scheduled to cast off from the pier, and head out to sea. It’s incredible to think that …