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Week 17:
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May 24th, 2006
This is our first full week at our internships. I am working on Seaward, a sailing vessel that does educational day trips for kids.
Th is morning, our first group of kids came late so we were rushed to set sail. After my time on Spirit, I have all the lines of the Seaward almost figured out. The rigging on the Seaward is much simpler, but in my opinion, it is harder to sail. It is so much of a shock to learn how to sail the Seaward after being on Spirit for so long. There is a different energy and feeling on the boat than what I am used to.
Today when the wind picked up, we were sailing towards Angel Island and I saw a gaff-rigged tops’l schooner that looked just like the Spirit of Massachusetts. It kept tacking and gibing and I found it so hard to keep an eye on it that I eventually lost it. It was so sad; I could never imagine going back to Spirit, yet sometimes that seems like the only thing I want to do.
The seas in the bay were at a Force 4, and the boat slightly heeled over, and all the 4th graders were screaming and hanging on the life lines with all their might. It was so funny, to see the kids so scared and sick on such a little swell. It made me think of our first day on Spirit and how hard everything hit us.
It is fun to eat lunch with the crew everyday. They live such a different lifestyle than we did because the boat is doing different types of programs. I miss sailing a tall ship with all of its organized daily routines. I loved that style of order and commands.
Sailing the Seaward is definitely different than sailing on Spirit, but it is still fun to try to give younger kids a taste of what sailing can be like, and hopefully pass on the love.
Christine Fong
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