http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ en-us 2008-07-28T12:59:06-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030850.html Maine Schooners to Welcome Home Bowdoin: MMA's schooner Bowdoin will return to Castine on Wednesday, July 30, following a 60-day voyage to the Arctic Circle. The historic schooner is expected to dock at approximately 1 p.m. and the public is... 30850@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-28T12:59:06-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030848.html 07-27-2008 Position 43 15.5N 66 09.9W Crossing the Bay of Fundy! Most of yesterday and last night were spent motoring in the fog. Winds layed down around mid day and with relatively calm seas we made good progress toward Cape... 30848@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-28T12:54:18-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030847.html 7/26/08 Position 44 01.0N 64 17.6W We are underway on our final passage! The visit to Lunenburg was great. Everyone toured the museum and enjoyed the shops and eateries in town. The Schooner Bluenose was in port some of the... 30847@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-28T12:51:04-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030381.html 30381@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-17T10:27:01-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030275.html 7/14/08 Red Bay, Labrador. Our transit west in the Strait of Belle Isle was not an easy one. Knowing that the winds would be right on our nose we elected to motor to Red Bay in order to arrive in... 30275@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-15T11:13:50-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030274.html 7/9/08 Position 56 48.6N 55 54.5W 1200 Greenland time. (Will probably switch to Labrador time tonight or tomorrow) Slowly making progress south. Finally got a favorable tack late yesterday sailing south and east. Had to reef around 2100 and shock... 30274@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-15T10:57:44-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030269.html 7/8/08 Position 57 51.5N 56 43.4W Leaving Greenland we knew we would head out into some rough but improving conditions. This was the case, and after a period of large seas and strong wind we were sailing under full canvas.... 30269@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-15T10:33:11-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030268.html 7/3/08 Still at "Q" village waiting for storm to pass. We are doing a field day (massive cleaning of Bowdoin) and will update you on our plans as weather improves. Attached is a message from Amanda Brinkman to be posted... 30268@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-15T10:22:47-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/030266.html The followingare entries from the past few weeks: 6/25/08 Position 67 40.5N 53 33.8W Anchored at the end of a fjord. Largest lake in Greenland drains into this fjord. Hiking parties ashore to explore, snowball ambush, etc. We were scolded... 30266@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-07-15T10:11:50-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/029405.html Greenland... 29405@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-24T09:04:34-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/029375.html Position 70 22.3N 54 50.6W This is our furthest north! We are at Hareo I. just NW of Disko I. Our passage north of Disko was unbelievable. 1000's of bergs and steep bold mountains on either side. Like sailing through... 29375@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-23T15:03:48-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/029374.html 6/22/08 Position 70 00.4N 52 28.2W The past 24 hours we feel like true explorers. Departing Ilulisaat we followed the cruise ship Ocean Nova. Completely surrounded by ice turning 1000 RPM in the lead created by the ship. At close... 29374@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-23T14:57:30-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/029222.html At 0215 (that's a.m.) on June 18, in bright daylight, Bowdoin and her crew of 16 crossed the Arctic Circle 66 33N at 54 38.5W. Bluenoses we are! Realm of the North Bluenose ceremony: clad in swim attire, the reading... 29222@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-20T09:46:30-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/028983.html Report from Captain Rick Miller: We arrived in Nuuk the morning of 6/14, after an eight day passage from St. Johns. The weather forecast upon departure was unsettled with vastly different forecasts every 6 hours. We left anticipating favorable conditions... 28983@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-16T15:44:36-05:00 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/028217.html We arrived in St. John's this morning, a beautiful day and a stunning city. On our way in we observed icebergs on radar, and at dawn could see a huge cruise-ship sized iceberg about 6 miles away. We also saw... 28217@http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/blogs/mainemaritime/ 2008-06-04T15:42:13-05:00