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Terrapin Times – Week of October 14

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Navigating with Bethel High School NJROTC Program

Cadets from Bethel High School NJROTC program are practicing there navigation skills aboard the schooner SoundWaters.  In addition to plotting their location, Cadets steered the schooner, tacked and gybed the vessel, and learned the importance of mechanical advantage in handling the schooner’s sails.

Terrapin Times – Week of October 7

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The calm before the storm 

The crew of the schooner SoundWaters spent last night and this morning battening down the hatches and preparing for the forecasted winds associated with the TS Hermine. 

It’s great to be back in Stamford 

The schooner SoundWaters is returning from 2 weeks of programs out East in Port Jefferson,  Bridgeport, Milford and Old Saybrook. While away the schooner traveled over 260 nautical miles and brought 667 passengers out for sails on Long Island Sound or the Connecticut River. It was a great trip but the crew is excited to […]

HarborFest is this Saturday!

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The schooner SoundWaters arrives in Milford 

  The schooner SoundWaters sailed from Captain’s Cove to Milford in preparation for Saturday’s Milford Oyster Festival. Tickets for Friday and Saturday’s sails may be found on Milford Oyster Festival’s website.

Lucky lobster in Larchmont

  The Larchmont Yacht Club Opti Adventure sailors picked up a little lobster in the trawl net this morning. This is pretty impressive as we haven’t caught a lobster this far west in Long Island Sound in several years.