Chaplain John Farrell is posting - just click on the dates for the daily updates. It’s a good primer for the parents and will amuse those of you who have been there, done that.
And the cadets email is still broken, but they will live.
The last blog was on June 4th but today (6/11) I see the vessel is enroute to Iceland and their 1200Z position as 50.5N 15.2W and they were encoutering some rough conditions (SE’LY 35Kts) passing eastward of a North Atlantic Gale.
Now they are going through the Pentland Firth and on to Belfast. Looping around Iceland and passing the Orkney Islands has been a fun piloting and charting challenge for this training trip. Across the Atlantic to Gibraltar, then up and around Iceland, down to N. Ireland and then back to NYC.
Below decks, the engineers have been working to keep the ancient ship functional - nothing like fixing the toilets and showers for 600 students (about 100 female) and working ancient steam systems to keep you on your toes!