The crew brought various ships systems online: Main Engine: Check. Generator: Check. Fresh Water: Check. Sacrificial Anodes: Check. What are sacrificial annodes? They are pieces of zinc, a less noble metal, that will disolve instead of the steel or bronze when dissimilar metals are placed in brackish water.
The 2016 schooner SoundWaters crew arrived on Monday and have been busy getting the schooner ready for the upcoming season. Welcome new Educator / Deckhands Austin, David, Deborah and Taylor. Stay tuned for more from each of them as we get ready for the season.
The Captain and winter maintenance crew have been busy remodeling the main salon. The tables have moved aft on the port side across from the galley, and the bunks have now been moved forward. We are very pleased that the project was on time and under budget, and looking forward to how this will improve […]
Terrapin “Q” is practicing it’s Heat Lamp Salutation while on “M” which is practicing it’s “Crouching Terrapin” pose.
The schooner SoundWaters and it’s winter cover survived the Blizzard of ’16. How many more snow events are we going to have before we launch at the end of March?
Didn’t win the power ball last night either? SoundWaters is accepting applications for the DREAM JOB of Educator / Deckhand aboard the schooner SoundWaters. If you are interested in more information check out this posting https://soundwaters.org/jobs/schoonerjobs/
Although the schooner SoundWaters sailing season has wrapped up, winter maintenance work continues. Jess is busy cleaning out the water tanks in preparation for a new coat of paint.
The last 48 hours has been a flurry of activity on the schooner SoundWaters. The green topside and red bottom was painted Sunday and Monday. Today the the crew built the frame for the cover.
The crew just wrapped up 3 weeks of STEM Education programs at Captain’s Cove Seaport. While there they sailed with 910 students from 15 different schools from Fairfield, Bridgeport, and Stratford. Thanks so much to the staff at Captain’s Cove for letting us stay there. The crew has already shifted gears and is in the […]
So there we were, no kidding, true story, sailing with the 4th graders from Dunbar Elementary school in Bridgeport. Since it was pretty windy and a good sea was running we stayed inside Black Rock Harbor. While off of Captain’s Cove the students deployed our plankton net hoping to catch and look at various zooplankton. […]
