{"id":3434,"date":"2012-08-03T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:45:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T00:45:43","slug":"tall-ship-summer-sailing-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/tall-ship-summer-sailing-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Tall Ship Summer Sailing &#8211; 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Aboard the SSV Tole Mour in the Summer of 2012<\/p>\n<h3>7 Days at Sea \/ 278 Nautical Miles<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SSV Tole Mour Expedition 534, August 4 &#8211; 10<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/tolemour.com\/tolemourschool.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/share.findmespot.com\/shared\/faces\/viewspots.jsp?glId=0hqmMcgvKJFaMtkyDmPYF4vWLSCtXMFGs\" target=\"_blank\">Ship GPS Location<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tmportraitweb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3437 \" title=\"SSV Tole Mour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tmportraitweb-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"SSV Tole Mour\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SSV Tole Mour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[They&#8217;re sailing around the Channel Islands off the coast of California.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll be learning seamanship, marine ecology, marine science, oceanography &#8211; but mostly they&#8217;ll be having a very memorable and awesome\u00a0time.\u00a0 What a great way to cap-off the summer.\u00a0 What a\u00a0journey!]<\/p>\n<h3>August 4 (Saturday) : Day 1<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The journey begins. \u00a0Flight from San Jose (SJC) to Los Angeles (LAX).\u00a0 It&#8217;s just two of us, my best friend Maya and I, on our first air flight by ourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3951\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IntrepidTravellers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3951\" title=\"Intrepid World Travellers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IntrepidTravellers1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Intrepid World Travelers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intrepid World Travelers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When we got to LAX, one of our counselors, Shannon, a.k.a &#8220;Shanananana&#8221;, picked us up and we met the other kids who also flew into LAX.\u00a0 They drove us to Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach where we gave our bags to the Tole Mour crew.\u00a0 We then got our bunk numbers, our watch group assignments, and got outfitted with wet-suits and snorkeling equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4098\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/At-RainbowHarbor_20120804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4098\" title=\"Arrival at Rainbow Harbor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/At-RainbowHarbor_20120804-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Arrival at Rainbow Harbor\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arrival at Rainbow Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>After getting on the boat and socializing with other campers, we learned what the term &#8220;muster ____&#8221; was and what to do when we hear.\u00a0 One of the crew members would ring a bell then we would all &#8220;muster&#8221; at the starboard bow of the boat or whatever specified destination on the boat.\u00a0 The crew taught us about what &#8220;Pride&#8221; is.\u00a0 Pride is where we give back to the Tole Mour.\u00a0 There are a bunch of different prides: Galley Pride, Deck Pride, Off Pride, Standby Pride, Below Pride, and Data Pride.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Galley Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 Clean up the Mess and the Galley.\u00a0 Wash and put away dishes.\u00a0 Deal with compostable food waste.\u00a0 Clean Mess Head.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deck Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 Wash decks.\u00a0 Polish brass deck gun and Muster bell.\u00a0 Wash fore decks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Off Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 No Pride.\u00a0 Do previously arranged activity with your watch group or coerce your instructor into letting you climb aloft or into the head rigging.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Standby Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 Same as Off Pride<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Data Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 Collect plankton samples to send into the California Department Of Health.\u00a0 I think the Department Of Health.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Below Pride<\/span>:\u00a0 Go below decks and clean bunks, heads, and anything below decks<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MHR: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The best Prides were Galley Pride, because we got to listen to music, and it\u00a0basically\u00a0turned into a dance party, and Off\/ Standby Pride, because you pretty much didn&#8217;t have to do anything.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We got our luggage and found our bunks.\u00a0 The crew gave us a little bit of time to explore the boat and figure out where everything was &#8211; like the head [toilet]. \u00a0After a spaghetti dinner, we mustered in the mess with Captain Snark and one of the program coordinators, Mozer a.k.a &#8220;Mozerdactyl&#8221;, &#8220;Mozerdozer&#8221;, &#8220;Mozersaur&#8221; and &#8220;Mozer-whatever&#8221;.\u00a0 We created the &#8220;Ship&#8217;s Articles&#8221;, or basic rules, we had to follow while aboard the Tole Mour.\u00a0 We all signed the articles and headed off to our first night aboard the Tole Mour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Pushed off the dock at 12:00 PM. \u00a0Arrived Emerald Bay at 17:49.]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_2012_08_04_201830.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Anchored at Emerald Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_2012_08_04_201830-150x150.png\" alt=\"Anchored at Emerald Bay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anchored at Emerald Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4001\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4001\" title=\"Main Gaff Sail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0876-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Main Gaff Sail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Gaff Sail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4002\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0875.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4002\" title=\"Crow's Net\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0875-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crow's Net\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crow&#8217;s Nest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4003\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0872.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4003\" title=\"Lines\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0872-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lines\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rat lines<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>August 5 (Sunday): Day 2<\/h3>\n<p>[Looks like they&#8217;ve departed Emerald Bay and heading for <a title=\"Santa Barbara Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/chis\/planyourvisit\/santa-barbara-island.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Barbara Island<\/a>. They&#8217;re tacking during the last miles &#8211; most likely to train for tacking and coming-about. They departed Emerald Bay at 11:00 AM and arrived at Santa Barbara Island at 6:00 PM. (NOTE: NASA&#8217;s <a title=\"Mars Science Lab\" href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Science Lab &#8220;Curiosity<\/a>&#8221; rover landed on Mars at 10:23 PM after an 8 1\/2 month journey through space)]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We got up at 6:30 for Polar Bear (where we take an early morning dip in the ocean to wake us up) and Muster Forward.\u00a0 Breakfast was quick (PANCAKES!!) then we slipped (more like struggled) into our wet suits to go snorkeling at Emerald Bay.\u00a0 I went diving and found a &#8220;mermaid&#8217;s tear&#8221; shell. \u00a0The water was very clear and I saw an Opal Eye fish, a bunch of Garibaldi fish, and a few Senorita fish. \u00a0After departing we set and striked our first sails and dropped everything for dolphin appreciation time! \u00a0On the way to Santa Barbara Island we also saw a few flying fish. \u00a0In the air they looked like giant dragonflies.\u00a0 As we neared Santa Barbara [Island], we spotted a pride of sea lion. \u00a0Again, all lines were dropped for, as Mr. Sparkles said, it was &#8220;sea lion appreciation time!&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We learned about &#8220;count-off&#8221;, where we got a designated number 1 through 25 and in order we had to say them as fast as possible. \u00a0Mine was 17.\u00a0 Its purpose was to ensure we were all there by having us count out our numbers in order.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When we anchored at Santa Barbara [Island], we found out about Anchor Watches. \u00a0Anchor Watches are when we are anchored and we get up at night for an hour to run boat checks*, see if the anchor is dragging, and if there are any rocks nearby. \u00a0The Anchor Watches aren&#8217;t co-ed, so the boys got a chance to do Anchor Watches first. \u00a0You could sign up for them, unlike \u00a0Sea Watches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After dinner we had chanty night. \u00a0Chanty night is were we gathered at the stern of the boat and learned a bunch of chanties for the multiple sails that needed chanties to keep in time and make sure we were\u00a0efficiently\u00a0hauling away at them or for some random thing we would need them for. \u00a0The only ones I remembered were\u00a0&#8220;Essequibo\u00a0River&#8221;, &#8220;Leave Her&#8221;, &#8220;Johnny Leave Her&#8221;, &#8220;Fiddle Me Oreah Oreah&#8221;, &#8220;Whale Of A Tale&#8221;, &#8220;Fiddler&#8217;s Green&#8221;, &#8220;Lynchburg Town&#8221;, &#8220;Roll The Old Chariot Along&#8221;, &#8220;Drunken Sailor&#8221;, &#8220;Paddy Lay Back&#8221;, and &#8220;Cape Cod Girls&#8221;.\u00a0 After we learned chanties we started making up short drags.\u00a0 Short drags are when the sail is almost up but you need one big haul to get it all the way up.\u00a0 It is a call and response system.\u00a0 When the line leader says something, everyone else hauling says something else back and at the same time giving one big synchronized haul at the sail.\u00a0 Some short drags are &#8220;2, 6, HEAVE!\u00a0 Nanpatik, panCOOK! 1, 2, THREE!\u00a0 Akumowmow, AkuOW!&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4455\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0916_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4455\" title=\"High Up The Rat Lines\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0916_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"High Up The Rat Lines\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Up The Rat Lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_G7L5p94xqI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_G7L5p94xqI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the boys or girls had Anchor Watches, the opposite gender had Deck Sleep. \u00a0Deck Sleep is where girls\/boys had a chance to sleep on the starboard bow deck (boat checks are run on the port side). \u00a0Only a few boys signed up for Anchor Watch but all the girls did Deck Sleep. \u00a0We dragged up our sleeping bags and some sleeping pads out up on deck. \u00a0My pillow and sleeping bag were soaked from dew in the morning and due to the rocking of the boat I rolled on top of Maya in the middle of night. \u00a0Since sea lions lived at Santa Barbara [Island] we were kept up into the wee hours of the night by their barking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong>*Boat checks are where we check the heads, the fridges and freezers, the sleeping compartments, the galley, the engine room, the battery room, and most of everything on the Tole Mour. \u00a0We check for fire, flooding, back ups, or electrical problems. \u00a0We run boat\u00a0checks\u00a0every hour so if something does go wrong we will know about very soon and will be able to fix it\u00a0immediately.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3928\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120805_134257.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3928\" title=\"Under Sail - Day 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120805_134257-150x150.png\" alt=\"Under Sail - Day 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Sail &#8211; Day 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3936\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120805_182442_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3936\" title=\"Day 2 - Santa Barbara Island\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120805_182442_2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Day 2 - Santa Barbara Island\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Barbara Island<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4005\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0880.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4005\" title=\"Dolphins!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0880-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphins!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolphins!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>\u00a0August 6 (Monday): Day 3<\/h3>\n<p>[From looking at the GPS track, they departed Santa Barbara Island and headed north to just off shore of Point Mugu. \u00a0Then back-tracked and executed a series of what looked like tacks &#8211; most likely they were practicing tacking. \u00a0Then headed straight for <a title=\"Anacapa Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/chis\/planyourvisit\/anacapa.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Anacapa Island<\/a> just off Santa Cruz Island. \u00a0They arrived at Anacapa Island at 7:54 PM.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We woke up early to go snorkeling at Santa Barbara Island. \u00a0Due to sea lion occupation of beaches, we took Landlord, the motorboat, out to a couple yards before the kelp forests and did a sea landing as opposed to the beach landing we did on Santa Catalina [Island]. \u00a0We could get into the water one of two ways: a.) Navy S.E.A.L style, slip in silently and\u00a0stealthily. \u00a0b.) \u00a0Jaccques Cousteau style, put one had on your chest and another on your snorkel mask, say something in French then flip into the water backwards. \u00a0I got in Jaccques Cousteau style.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Ross, one of the\u00a0instructors\u00a0who had snorkeled with us, went diving and found a giant sea snail shell. \u00a0He let me keep it. \u00a0We went snorkeling with sea lions. \u00a0One even let me touch it but it slapped me with its tail on the arm afterwards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After we got back to the ship, we headed for Anacapa Island after a nice taco lunch. \u00a0Captain Snark told us at Muster Forward that we would have to sail around naval waters as the Navy didn&#8217;t give us permission to sail through their waters. \u00a0We saw the mainland on our way to Anacapa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We saw a bunch of container ships as well and Mr. Sparkles told us the story about a container that fell of a container ship that was filled with rubber duckies.\u00a0 Because there were so many of them and rubber duckies are a really bright yellow, you could actually see them from space.\u00a0 Scientists started using them to track ocean currents because the rubber duckies floated wherever the currents would take them.\u00a0 This apparently happened 15 years ago.\u00a0 The rubber duckies are now in Alaska.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3946\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_182521.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3946\" title=\"Headed for Anacapa Island\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_182521-150x150.png\" alt=\"Headed for Anacapa Island\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headed for Anacapa Is.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3948\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_195414.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3948\" title=\"Anacapa Island - Day 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_195414-150x150.png\" alt=\"Anacapa Island - Day 3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anacapa Island &#8211; Day 3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3956\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_221410.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3956\" title=\"Anchored at Anacapa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120806_221410-300x163.png\" alt=\"Anchored at Anacapa\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anchored at Anacapa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>When we got to Anacapa Island the first thing I noticed was all the bird poop on the cliffs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls had Anchor Watch that night. \u00a0Only Anneka, Korina, me, and a couple other girls did Anchor Watch. \u00a0Anneka and I got Ashlee, a.k.a. &#8220;Schleeeee&#8221;, to allow us to stay up on Anchor Watch for 2 hours instead of 1. Schleee let us poke our heads into the engine room which we usually don&#8217;t do on boat checks because the engineers take care of it.\u00a0 We got hot chocolate with lots of whipped cream before we started Anchor Watch. \u00a0Only a few boys did deck sleep.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0August 7 (Tuesday) : Day 4<\/h3>\n<p>[They spent the night at Anacapa island.\u00a0 Then proceeded to explore around the island by sea.\u00a0 In the afternoon they turned the eastern point of Anacapa and headed south south-east towards Santa Barbara island.\u00a0 The last track point was at 8:08 PM and they were obviously doing some night-time sailing.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We woke up early as usual for a snorkel at Anacapa, but today the snorkel was optional because we had a hike later on. \u00a0Me and Maya didn&#8217;t go\u00a0snorkeling. \u00a0The options for non-snorkeling people were learning how to make things like monkey&#8217;s fists and turk&#8217;s heads or wandering around the ship. \u00a0I chose to wander around the ship. \u00a0When the kids who went snorkeling came back, we got ready for the hike on Anacapa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We took the Zodiac, &#8220;Landlord&#8221;, out to Anacapa in two groups.\u00a0 I was in the first group because Josh gave me his life jacket and they only had enough life jackets for one group at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3967\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AnacapaIsland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3967\" title=\"Anacapa Island\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AnacapaIsland-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Anacapa Island\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anacapa Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>When I got there the first thing I noticed was how swelly it was.\u00a0 And the amazing kelp forests.\u00a0 I think it would have been a pretty good place to go snorkeling but the currents would have been to strong to do anything.\u00a0 While waiting for the other group a bunch of boys started disturbing bird burial sites.\u00a0 My friend Merel and I started theorizing curses they would get for playing with bird bones.\u00a0 Then we found a dead bird with its eyes pecked out.\u00a0 That was both morbid and cool.\u00a0 When the other group arrived we got a group photo.\u00a0 Then we set off across Anacapa Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4011\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4011\" title=\"The Endless Sea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0901-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Endless Sea\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Endless Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4033\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0891_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4033\" title=\"Kelp and Rocks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0891_cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kelp and Rocks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelp and Rocks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4104\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourAtAnacapa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4104 \" title=\"SSV Tole Mour At Anacapa Is.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourAtAnacapa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"SSV Tole Mour At Anacapa Is.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tole Mour At Anacapa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120807_135358.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3960\" title=\"Exploring Anacapa Island\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120807_135358-300x192.png\" alt=\"Exploring Anacapa Island\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring Anacapa Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>As we were hiking we\u00a0started\u00a0hearing a bunch of strange booms.\u00a0 Apparently they were bombs from the Navy that they were testing.\u00a0 You could feel the vibrations from those bombs in the ground.\u00a0 We saw a couple other dead birds and had a PB&amp;J sandwich lunch at some picnic tables there.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our hike ended at a cliff were everybody had sword and wizard duels with bamboo sticks we found.\u00a0 Then we turned back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4009\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0906_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4009\" title=\"Hiking on Anacapa Island\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0906_cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking on Anacapa Island\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiking on Anacapa Island<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4010\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4010\" title=\"Sea Cliff at Anacapa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0902-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sea Cliff at Anacapa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Cliff at Anacapa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4012\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0897.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4012\" title=\"Jr. Crew Hiking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0897-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jr. Crew Hiking\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jr. Crew Hiking<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>When we got back to the ship the Captain briefed us about our course back to Santa Catalina.\u00a0 We would have the rest of the day off, to sleep and be quiet so we were all rested up for sea watches, were we would sail through the night and we would get up for 3 hour periods of time to run boat checks, steer the ship, be on bow watch for land, boats, and rocks, plot or course, check weather conditions, or we were on standby in the mess.\u00a0 If we were on deck before sea watches started, we would have to be in either a buddy group or a &#8220;truddy&#8221; group and have to check in with either Holly &#8220;Mussels&#8221; or Captain Snark.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meghan, Anneka and I were a &#8220;truddy&#8221; group. I borrowed Josh&#8217;s jacket and Meghan, Anneka, and I napped at the stern for a couple hours before the Sharks&#8217; early dinner since we had sea watch from 6:00-9:00 pm and 3:00-6:00 am.\u00a0 Meghan and I used Josh&#8217;s jacket as a pillow.\u00a0 Devon came to wake Anneka, Korina (who had joined us in our nap on the stern), and I for our early dinner because we were in the Sharks&#8217; group so for us dinner was 5:30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Sea Watch was especially eventful because: \u00a0a.) Korina saw one of the Navy&#8217;s bombs go off and b.) the swells were really bad.\u00a0 It was about Force 6 winds and the boat kept rocking back and forth really badly.\u00a0 Our watch group got split into 3 little ones.\u00a0 My mini group got to do bow watch first and since it was still daylight we were allowed to climb into the headrig for bow watch.\u00a0 After that it was our turn to steer the ship and plot our course.\u00a0 I was the first one to relieve the helm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At our next sea watch at weird o clock in the morning Mr. Sparkles taught us the basics of celestial navigation.\u00a0 &#8220;Throw everything your teachers ever taught you about the sun being the center of the solar system.\u00a0\u00a0 In celestial navigation you generally assume the Earth is the center of the universe.&#8221;\u00a0 When he said that everybody laughed.\u00a0 Schleeee pointed out the constellation Scorpio for me.\u00a0 Even when our watch ended I stayed above deck and only got 6 hours of sleep that day.\u00a0 Sadly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3961\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPD_20120807_200812.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3961\" title=\"Back to Sta. Barbara Is.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPD_20120807_200812-150x150.png\" alt=\"Back to Sta. Barbara Is.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back to Sta. Barbara Is.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120807_200812_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3962\" title=\"Night Sailing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120807_200812_2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Night Sailing\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Watch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4035\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4035\" title=\"Cap'n Snark\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0918-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cap'n Snark\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cap&#8217;n Snark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4007\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0919.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4007\" title=\"Ship's Wheel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0919-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ship's Wheel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ship&#8217;s Wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4036\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0878.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4036\" title=\"Mr. Sparkles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0878-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Sparkles\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Sparkles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4038\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0924.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4038\" title=\"Crew Member\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0924-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crew Member\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mozerdactyl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4039\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0868.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4039\" title=\"New Friends\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0868-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"New Friends\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Friends<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4040\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4040\" title=\"Friends\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0922-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Friends\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Friends<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>\u00a0August 8 (Wednesday): Day 5<\/h3>\n<p>[They sailed all night (&#8220;Sea Watch&#8221;) and arrived at Cat Harbor, Santa Catalina Island at around 8:15 AM.\u00a0 Wow, that must have been quite a run.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meghan and I stayed up that day all the way through decompression.\u00a0 Breakfast was bagels with homemade cream cheese.\u00a0 Due to<\/strong> <strong>sea watches breakfast wasn&#8217;t until 9:00 (thank the heavens) and you didn&#8217;t have to get up until 11:00 (which is later than the latest I&#8217;m allowed to get up on the weekends).\u00a0 While we were waiting for breakfast we helped Watch Group 2 (Dolphins) strike sails as we were pulling into Cat Harbor.\u00a0 Since most of the kids were still below decks asleep, strike took a longer time and only Dan a.k.a. &#8220;Batdan&#8221; ran strike it wasn&#8217;t timed and we were allowed to slack off between sails.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again Meghan and I (Maya joined us) took a quick nap on the stern deck boxes.\u00a0 Then we headed down below to change into our swimsuits for the highlights of the day,\u00a0 fishing and swimming!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meghan didn&#8217;t go into the water immediately.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Merel, Anneka, Korina and I jumped into the water immediately along with Haymish, Ian, Eli, and a couple other boys.\u00a0 We got inflatable raft thingys to float on and pool noodles.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Shanana brought out some biodegradable shampoo so we finally got to wash our hair, even if it was using sea water.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>We got out a couple hours later to synchronize dive off the I guess <\/strong><strong>rim part of the boat outside of the rail.\u00a0 First we dived in all at once then we started doing stuff like cannonballing in one at a time and diving only when Mr.<\/strong><strong> Sparkles gave us a high five.\u00a0 When Shananana finally said to get out of the water, I went to go see how Maya and Meghan were about fishing.\u00a0 Both Maya and Devon had caught one.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now the fishies just nibbled at the bait so nobody caught any more after that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4131\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Maya_Fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4131\" title=\"Got One!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Maya_Fish-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Got One!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Got One!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I watched Mozerdactyl set the deep sea trap.\u00a0 She and Biz would go out in the Landlord later to set it up.\u00a0 Tomorrow we would go and see if we caught &#8220;a couple goldfish if we&#8217;re lucky&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lounged around on the forward deck before Shanana announced we\u00a0 could jump off the jibboom.\u00a0 Almost immediately a line formed.\u00a0 Climbing up into the headrigging was a bit scary without a harness but I managed.\u00a0 When I got to the top, I stared down at the water.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t really look that far down and I didn&#8217;t know how high it was, so I wasn&#8217;t scared.\u00a0 Taking a deep breath I stood up and steadied myself with\u00a0 some ropes that were attached to the headsails and jumped.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4133\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jumping_Jibboom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4133\" title=\"Jibboom Leap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jumping_Jibboom-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jibboom Leap\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jibboom Leap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>For about 5 seconds the only thing that registered in my mind was &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m falling <\/em>and <em>dang, that&#8217;s higher than I&#8217;ve ever jumped off!\u00a0 It feels like a roller coaster doing a loopy thingy!!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 I hit the water in a flurry of white bubbles.\u00a0 It felt like a giant hand slapped me.\u00a0 I guess that&#8217;s the effect of jumping off from the 17 foot jibboom (as I would find out later from Captain Snark).\u00a0 Shaking my head to get all the water off my face, I yelled up to my shipmates, &#8220;THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!&#8221;.\u00a0 Swimming quickly to the rope ladder, I climbed back up the ship.\u00a0 Surprised, Maya, said, &#8220;You are crazy.&#8221;\u00a0 I grinned at her, &#8220;I know.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I jumped of the jibboom 2 times after that.\u00a0 Then we lounged around some more on the foredeck waiting for the next activity which turned out to be a rope swing off the bow.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3975\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screenshot-from-2012-08-08-211314.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3975\" title=\"All-night Sailing - Day 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screenshot-from-2012-08-08-211314-300x140.png\" alt=\"All-night Sailing - Day 5\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Watch (All-night Sailing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[Then they spent the entire day and spent the night at Cat Harbor.\u00a0 They must have gone ashore and had many shore activities.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another line formed when Shananana announced that.\u00a0 When I got to the swing, the plank they tied to part of the boat to stand on didn&#8217;t look to stable.\u00a0 I hopped over the railing and grabbed the rope Cat, a volunteer deckhand gave to me.\u00a0 I waited for Schleee to flash the &#8220;Go&#8221; sign which meant nobody was in the landing zone. \u00a0Everybody was yelling at me to grab higher on the rope. \u00a0So I did. \u00a0Grabbing the next knot in the rope up, I carefully stepped off the board. \u00a0Halfway\u00a0through\u00a0the swing I bailed and let go. \u00a0It was amazing. \u00a0I quickly swam up to the rope ladder hanging off the side of the boat. \u00a0Getting back up, I stepped back in line and cheered on Maya and Korina who were behind me in line. \u00a0I did the rope swing again then we started the famous Tolympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3976\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screenshot-from-2012-08-08-211627.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3976\" title=\"A Day Ashore - Day 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Screenshot-from-2012-08-08-211627-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Day Ashore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4096\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AMS_Tolympics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4096\" title=\"Tolympics\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AMS_Tolympics-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tolympics\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tolympics<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4100\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/KayaksAt-CatHarbor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4100\" title=\"Kayaks At Cat Harbor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/KayaksAt-CatHarbor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kayaks At Cat Harbor\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayaks At Cat Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Captain Snark, Forest, Biz, and the rest of the crew came out dressed up in wacky costumes. \u00a0They had fake names. &#8220;My name is &#8211; El Nino.&#8221; Forest said. \u00a0&#8220;Which in Spanish means, the Nino.&#8221;. \u00a0We gathered into our watch groups to pt on body paint to show what teams we were on and to make up a team cheer. \u00a0The Sharks got red paint and because of that our cheer was &#8220;Blood In The Water, Mark Of The Sharks!&#8221;. \u00a0We started our painting with the traditional &#8220;Uruk-Hai&#8221;\u00a0hand-print\u00a0on the face. \u00a0Then Heartbreak passed around the tube of red Crayola body paint and we went crazy with it. \u00a0Tommy, one of the kids in my watch group got a\u00a0Mohawk\u00a0covered\u00a0in red paint. \u00a0Korina, Anneka, and I used the paint as\u00a0eye-shadow. \u00a0Riley and Korina got red streaks in their hair. \u00a0Dennis painted the word &#8220;sharks&#8221; on his back. \u00a0All the red paint we were using started looking like blood. \u00a0The effect was really cool.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0After that we learned what our first challenge was. \u00a0One of our group would climb up the rigging a little ways with a bucket of water. \u00a0The rest of the group would crowd together with our Tole Mour mugs on our heads. \u00a0Whoever was in the rigging would try to dump the water on our heads and we would try to catch as much of it as we could. \u00a0Anneka was the one who climbed up into the rigging. \u00a0The Sharks got about 2 cups. \u00a0I&#8217;m fairly sure we came in second place with the teams Simple Green (It cleans!) first and Dolphins (Oh snap!) last.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our next challenge was very wet compared to the first. \u00a0We had a kayak race. \u00a0The catch was we didn&#8217;t have paddles. \u00a0We could swim alongside the boat and pull it or get in the kayak and paddle with our hands. \u00a0But we couldn&#8217;t have actual kayak paddles. \u00a0Sharks claimed the middle kayak. \u00a0Then we started. \u00a0It was a mad dash to haul the kayak around the ship. \u00a0It was even harder when the Captain started shouting how many kids should be in the kayak. \u00a0At worst it was six kids in the kayak, which was almost everyone. \u00a0Tommy got in the kayak and took the lead by swimming ahead and pulling the kayak. \u00a0It was exhausting. \u00a0Again Sharks placed second with Simple Green in the lead and Dolphins again pulling last. \u00a0The Dolphins were behind us by a couple seconds which was a lot. \u00a02 of their team members bailed out on them and didn&#8217;t participate. \u00a0Devon and Isaac. \u00a0Their reasons for not participating were sorta stupid. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t want to get wet and cold, they claimed. \u00a0Sure we got wet but we weren&#8217;t cold. \u00a0At all. \u00a0The water was pretty warm and the day was burning hot so definitely weren&#8217;t cold. &#8220;Sailors not bailers&#8221; and &#8220;Where&#8217;s the teamworkmanship?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After that we had to get rid of 2 invasive species: The Iceberg Plant, and The Hog (Rosstopher and Mozerdactyl dressed up as them).\u00a0 One team went at a time.\u00a0 They would wait\u00a0below-decks\u00a0while the invasive species would hide.\u00a0 We would look for them, then tie their hands up with a bolan [bowline?] knot (square knot) before they were considered &#8220;caught&#8221;.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>The catch was we would have to look for them on our hands and knees.\u00a0<\/strong> <strong>Simple Green went first, them it was us.\u00a0 Others found the Iceberg plant (Rosstopher) Tommy, a camper found the Hog (Mozerdactyl) and I got to tie her up.\u00a0 When we finished with that we waited on the foredeck for the Dolphins to finish so we would see who won.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our next challenge was really hard.\u00a0 One person from each team was given a wet suit.\u00a0 Then the rest of the team would have to help them put on the wet suit.\u00a0 After getting it on the would do a &#8220;victory&#8221; lap and run and jump off the ship.\u00a0 I was chosen to put on the wet suit.\u00a0 It was a couple of minuets of nonstop pulling, tugging, yelling and fighting to jam my respective body parts into the designated clothing areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our last challenge was one to see how fast we could hoist up Captain Snark like on of the sails.\u00a0 We all got in line and handed the rope down.\u00a0 Bursting into a chanty, we<\/strong> <strong>started hauling away at Captain Snark as fast as possible.\u00a0 Halfway through the challenge Captain Snark&#8217;s wig fell of and got stuck on one of the lines.\u00a0 We finally got him all the way up.\u00a0 After all the teams went the professional crew went.\u00a0 And dang, they pulled him up in a matter of seconds!\u00a0 It was amazing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>We had a ham and green beans (vegetable stir fry with brown rice for Korina and I due to our vegetarianism) dinner.\u00a0 Josh went on a hilarious rant about ketchup (&#8220;Ketchup is the American ketchup, Vodka is the Russian ketchup, hot sauce is the Mexican ketchup, soy sauce is the Chinese ketchup, and British food is just plain awful.\u00a0 Like seriously?\u00a0 What food could be so awful that it needs VINEGAR to make it taste better?\u00a0 Do you know what I use vinegar for? Cleaning windows!&#8221;).\u00a0 We spent 15 minutes trying to convince him that no, not all vinegar is used for cleaning purposes (a.k.a. malt vinegar).\u00a0 After dinner I went for a stroll and ended up at the stern.\u00a0 Maya was watching Darien and Nathan talk about something.\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8217;ll see.\u00a0 Just listen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hilarious.&#8221;\u00a0 So I did.\u00a0 They were going on about kevlar, and juggernaut suits, and armor piercing bullets, and time travel, and nukes.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;&#8216;It&#8217;s a good thing I went back in time, to the dinosaur age, where there are no nukes and hid in a cave.&#8217; &#8216;Oh yeah?\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good thing you got stuck in the cave with a T-rex trying to each your face!&#8217; &#8216;Oh yeah?\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good thing T-rexes don&#8217;t fit in caves!'&#8221;\u00a0 It went on like that until the sound on the muster forward bell. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After<\/strong><strong> muster forward we were finally dismissed to go below-decks and sleep.\u00a0 Since we were anchored, boys had anchor watch and girls had deck sleep.\u00a0 Only 4 girls signed up for deck sleep and all the boys did anchor watch.\u00a0 The rest of us had valid reasons for not doing deck sleep: 1. we were warm\u00a0 2. we wouldn&#8217;t get soaked in dew\u00a0 3. the rocking of the boat would not cause any accidental squishing of personnel and 4. we just wanted to stay below decks where it was just easier to be.\u00a0 In the end Korina, Merel and Riley canceled out leaving Anneka the only camper willing to do deck sleep.\u00a0 So staff canceled deck sleep altogether since one camper was not enough to spare a counselor for.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0August 9 (Thursday): Day 6<\/h3>\n<p>[Headed out to do more ship operations and seamanship training and anchored at Shark Harbor for boogie-boarding and body surfing.\u00a0 Then to the southern tip of Santa Catalina Island hugging the coast.\u00a0 And finally around to their last anchor at Toyon Bay and night on the island.\u00a0 They had an ice cream party at Toyon Bay.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We woke up bright n early ready for some fun at Shark Harbor.\u00a0 Pulling on our wet suits was as always hard, but we were both comforted and saddened by the last time we would be doing so. Maya, Josh, Korina, and the rest of our tight group of friends were on the first boat, completed by our boogie boards.\u00a0 There was a slight hike to where we could boogie board and body surf, but it was worth it.\u00a0 The waves were amazing, huge, and perfect for riding.\u00a0 Most of us dove in as fast as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I gave my boogie board to someone else, in favor of learning how to body surf.\u00a0 It was hard, floating around for the right wave and then trying to swim fast enough to catch it.\u00a0 I went under a lot when I tried to get wave, doing accidental flips and somersaults underwater.\u00a0 Later on Shanana gave me her boogie board and taught me how to board.\u00a0 Josh went under once and came back up covered in some bushy looking seaweed.\u00a0 He wore it for the rest of the time we spent in the water.\u00a0 The waves got larger as time passed, but even ones that looked huge we just floated over.\u00a0 Only the gigantic ones we caught.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It wasn&#8217;t until after we got out of the water and started hiking back to the harbor where the Landlord would come pick us up that I noticed just how tiring boogie boarding and body surfing could be.\u00a0 Everybody was going on and on about what food we were possibly having for lunch and if we&#8217;d get a chance to sleep.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When we got back to the ship we washed our wet suits in warm, soapy water before taking a 10 second hot water rinse and heading down belowdecks to change before a soft pretzel and mac-n-cheese lunch.\u00a0 We had a little amount of down time before what Ian, Anneka&#8217;s brother and another camper and Mr. Sparkles called, &#8220;Advanced Sailing Maneuvers&#8221;.\u00a0 Which was basically a whole bunch of tacking (bringing the bow of the boat through the eye of the wind) and jiving (bringing the stern of the boat through the eye of the wind) around the the tip of Santa Catalina.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharks got to be the first group to relieve the helm and, as Mr. Sparkles called it, bossing everyone around, a.k.a. shouting orders needed for the first tack.\u00a0 Since I was the first person to relieve the helm I got to do the first tack.\u00a0 There was an instrument by the ship&#8217;s wheel that told you what degree the rudder was at and which way it was turning ( _ degrees right rudder turns right and _ degrees left rudder turns left) with a sign on it that said, &#8220;Do not turn pass 30 degrees rudder&#8221;.\u00a0 Now I understood.\u00a0 Tacking and jiving was the most you would have to turn at exactly 30 degrees _ rudder.\u00a0 I had to continuously spin the wheel at a fast pace then when it reached 30 degrees hold it there until the tack was completed.\u00a0 Before that we had to shout commands so at the same time I turned the boat the sails would be brought around so we would continue being underway.\u00a0 After that we ran around bringing in sails<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When we got to Toyon Bay, we had to give them our swell sharks that we caught yesterday.\u00a0 Some of the counselors\/instructors from Toyon came aboard to take the sharks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At muster forward Batdan announced that girls had anchor watch and boys had deck sleep.\u00a0 When he asked for girls to do Anchor Watch not surprisingly no girl wanted to do anchor watch.\u00a0 A full night of sleep was so worth it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During the Off Pride that the Sharks had after dinner we watched Shanana set up a dance party.\u00a0\u00a0 She hung up a disco ball and put plastic Hawaiian flower necklaces all over the place.\u00a0 It looked amazing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After pride we filed into the mess for ice cream.\u00a0 It was a choice of chocolate, vanilla or both ice creams, with chocolate syrup, maraschino cherries, nuts, sprinkles, chocolate coated caramel bits, or chocolate chips.\u00a0 It was delicious.\u00a0 During that my friends Meghan and Dennis stole my camera and took a bunch of random pictures.\u00a0 After that Shanananana and Rosstopher started handing out awards.\u00a0 They were laminated pieces of paper that said some award about a person.\u00a0 Maya got Queen Of The Swing, Anneka got The Daredevil, Darien got The Stoke, Korina got The Mini Mini-Mate, Dennis got the Big Brother, Meghan got The Night Owl, and I got The Dancy Chanty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We then filed out of the mess for a dance party.\u00a0 We were allowed to wear costumes.\u00a0 Everybody donned ridiculous dresses, hats, jackets, and wigs.\u00a0 The music was extremely loud, everyone having fun, dancing and laughing.\u00a0 When the song Call Me Maybe came on, everyone started doing this weird fist pump arm cross thing.\u00a0 You made both of your hands into fists, and pumped the right one up, then the left one, then both crossed like an x.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the party ended, we headed down below to grab pillows and sleeping bags.\u00a0 Climbing onto one of the rooftops we settled down to watch a slideshow of our expedition.\u00a0 There where pictures of all the campers, what we did during E-543, and everything else in between.\u00a0 Watching it really got me to realize that it was my last night on the Tole Mour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When we got back to our bunks Anneka and I burst into tears.\u00a0 All the girls spent 15 minutes giving hugs to every other girl.\u00a0 Meghan ran around making us all do a million group hugs.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3980\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120809_121123_21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3980 alignnone\" title=\"Sailing - Day 6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120809_121123_21-300x203.png\" alt=\"Sailing - Day 6\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>\u00a0 Sailing &#8211; Day 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4006\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0926.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4006\" title=\"Ice Cream Party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0926-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Cream Party\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice Cream Party<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4027\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4027\" title=\"Ice Cream Overload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0935-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Cream Overload\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice Cream Overload<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4028\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4028\" title=\"More Ice Cream\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0928-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"More Ice Cream\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Ice Cream<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3983\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120809_172129.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3983\" title=\"Headed for the Last Anchorage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TourMoleGPS_20120809_172129-300x239.png\" alt=\"Headed for the Last Anchorage\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headed for the Last Anchorage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3984\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_20120809_180122.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3984\" title=\"Last Night\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_20120809_180122-300x245.png\" alt=\"Last Night\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last Night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>\u00a0August 10 (Friday) : Day 7<\/h3>\n<p>[The run home.\u00a0 This will be a challenge run for the campers.\u00a0 The campers are now full members of the crew and will run the ship back to Rainbow Harbor on their own.\u00a0 What a great adventure!]<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We were all a little bit sad in the morning when Mr. Sparkles said that we were motoring back to Rainbow Harbor and thus wouldn&#8217;t need to set the sails.\u00a0 We spent a lot of time taking group pictures, and the such.\u00a0 When we neared Rainbow Harbor, we were given special international orange Tole Mour t-shirts.\u00a0 Then everybody was gathered to take one last picture.\u00a0 As we motored into Rainbow Harbor itself, everyone was recruited to haul the luggage of the people who weren&#8217;t flying in one pile and the luggage of the people who were flying in another.\u00a0 When we docked in Rainbow Harbor, we hauled our respective luggage off the boat, walking the last deck, lined with counselors and instructors saying goodbye towards the ramp to exit the boat.\u00a0 When we all reached the dock, there was a little time left to chat with our slowly departing former jr. crew members.\u00a0 Josh, Anneka, Maya, and I had a joke going where if Korina&#8217;s parents didn&#8217;t come, one of us would take her home.\u00a0\u00a0 Soon the Landlord was ready to depart towards shore, since we were taking a bus to LAX with the Catalina Sea Camp kids.\u00a0 As we started departing, Schlee threw orange slices at us to eat, like a weird goodbye.\u00a0 We waved at the kids still on the dock until we couldn&#8217;t see them anymore.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3995\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_20120810_111424.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3995\" title=\"Back Ashore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourGPS_20120810_111424-300x208.png\" alt=\"Back Ashore\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back Ashore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3999\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0944.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3999\" title=\"The &quot;Sharks&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0944-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The &quot;Sharks&quot;\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Sharks&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4025\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4025\" title=\"The Crew On The Way Back\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0945-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Crew On The Way Back\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On The Way Back<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>\u00a0Back Home<\/h3>\n<p>[Back at SJC with a big happy smile after 278 nautical miles of sailing!]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4118\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120810_170909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4118\" title=\"Yes!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/20120810_170909-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Yes!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3997\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0946_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3997\" title=\"Happy Camper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SAM_0946_cropped-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Camper\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Camper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>\u00a0The Wonderful Crew of the SSV Tole Mour<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4339\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-Crew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4339\" title=\"The Crew\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-Crew-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Crew\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-Crew-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/The-Crew.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the SSV Tole Mour:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tole_Mour\" target=\"_blank\">SSV Tole Mour<\/a> is a 156 ft (48 m) schooner and sail training vessel operating in the Channel Islands of California, off the West Coast of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Built by the Nichols Bros. Boat Builders on Whidbey Island in Washington\u2019s Puget Sound to withstand the extreme conditions of the South Pacific, she is extremely seaworthy and meets or exceeds all of the United States Coast Guard\u2019s regulations as a Sailing School Vessel, while offering luxurious accommodations in comparison to other tall ships. At 229 gross registered tons she is the largest active tall ship on the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The Tole Mour was originally commissioned by the Marimed Foundation of Hawai\u2019i in 1988 as a self-contained primary health care support vessel, operating in the US trust territory protectorate of the Marshall Islands. The name of the ship was selected by a competition of Marshall Islands school children, and means &#8216;A Gift of Life and Health&#8217; in the Marshallese language. \u00a0 She served the outer islands for 4 years, providing medical services to over 15,000 islanders. With onboard medical, dental and ophthalmological offices, the Tole Mour served this role for 4 years, until the Marshallese government commissioned their own fleet of medical delivery vessels and the Tole Mour returned to Hawai\u2019i to serve other purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In her current incarnation, she is part of the Guided Discoveries\u2019 Catalina Island Marine Institute, offering sail training, oceanography and marine biology education to hundreds of school-aged participants a year. The professional crew is housed in up into 6 double cabins and 2 master rooms within her 123 feet on deck and 31-foot (9 m) beam. Up to 36 youth participants can be accommodated in cabins housing 4, 8 and 10 berths. Her previous medical requirements provide areas for laboratory equipment, touch tanks and aquariums.&#8221; [from Wikipedia]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4043\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourSideView.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4043\" title=\"Tole Mour Anatomy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ToleMourSideView-300x185.png\" alt=\"Tole Mour Anatomy\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tole Mour Anatomy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>About the Camp:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On every CIMI Tall Ship Expedition your students will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Break into watch groups<\/li>\n<li>Receive a safety orientation including lifesaving equipment, firefighting equipment and the proper donning of a\u00a0life jacket<\/li>\n<li>Learn their role in a man overboard, fire, or abandon ship emergency<\/li>\n<li>Take part in an emergency drill<\/li>\n<li>Operate the vessel as a watch group. This includes manning the helm, keeping a proper lookout, handling the sails, and performing hourly boat checks<\/li>\n<li>Learn the parts of the vessel and the names of all sails and spars<\/li>\n<li>Learn line handling commands and procedures<\/li>\n<li>Raise, strike, and learn to furl sails<\/li>\n<li>Coil, hang, and ballentine lines<\/li>\n<li>Tie basic knots<\/li>\n<li>Learn basic navigation and celestial star-plotting<\/li>\n<li>Take responsibility for the upkeep of the ship three times a day during Pride stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each day CIMI Tall Ship Expeditions gives your students more and more responsibility in the sailing of the SSV Tole Mour in order that they become more independent sailors. These responsibilities begin with the above list and grow to include having students raise sails simultaneously, call sails, lead halyards, haul halyards to chanteys, strike sails independently, furl aloft, man the helm during maneuvers, participate in anchoring operations, and assist the engineer and bosun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camp Syllabus 2012<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tall_ship_syllabus_2012.pdf\">click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Cost:<\/h3>\n<p>Tole Mour Expedition V: August 4 &#8211; 10<br \/>\n7 Days \/ Coed Ages 10 &#8211; 16 \/ Tuition &#8211; $1,495.00<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2011-11-04: Paid $200.00 deposit<\/li>\n<li>2012-04-15: Sent Health History Form, copy of Insurance Card, Tall Ships Permission Slip and Waiver<\/li>\n<li>2012-05-03: All forms completed and submitted<\/li>\n<li>2012-05-17: Balance of tuition paid<\/li>\n<li>2012-07-08: Air fare paid, land transport arranged and paid<\/li>\n<li>2012-08-04: Departed SJC with Maya R. at 9:10 AM<\/li>\n<li>2012-08-04: Arrived LAX 10:25. \u00a0Connected with counselor.<\/li>\n<li>2012-08-04: Pushed off dock at 1200.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Further Reading:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Channel_Islands_of_California\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Channel_Islands_of_California<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aboard the SSV Tole Mour in the Summer of 2012 7 Days at Sea \/ 278 Nautical Miles SSV Tole Mour Expedition 534, August 4 &#8211; 10 (click here) Ship GPS Location [They&#8217;re sailing around the Channel Islands off the coast of California.\u00a0 They&#8217;ll be learning seamanship, marine ecology, marine science, oceanography &#8211; but mostly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/tall-ship-summer-sailing-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tall Ship Summer Sailing &#8211; 2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,31,86,44,93],"tags":[113,166,114,229,208],"class_list":["post-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-recreation","category-sailing","category-summer-posts","category-summer-2012","tag-sailing-2","tag-summer-posts","tag-tall-ships","tag-tole-mour","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3434"}],"version-history":[{"count":252,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}