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The Rhone Shipwreck

Aug 11, 2011

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Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island Author: Anastasia H. Today all of the Maggie B. shipmates woke up to a fast preparation of the boat for our voyage from Peter Island to Salt Island. For breakfast we had oatmeal underway, which means we had breakfast while we were sailing. Once we anchored we cleaned up the [...]

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Calvi – The Windy City

Jun 24, 2011

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Location: traitorously jagged cliffs, light houses making sure boats don’t go straight into cliffs that border the whole Island like a natural castle wall. Oh, and it’s pretty choppy. Author: Ryan “Skipper” Sweet During our first shift of night sailing we had three teams that swapped every three hours, from 9 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. [...]

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Happy Independence Day!

Jul 14, 2011

Author: Rebecca Today was one that many of us had highly anticipated and it did not disappoint! We woke up quite early to head into town for French Independence Day. The events began with a parade in which it seemed the entire town took part in. Hundreds of people marched down the streets of Bora [...]

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The Rhone Wreck on Salt Island

Jul 25, 2011

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Location: The Bight, Norman Island Author: Chris Today we sailed over to Salt Island and took a hike. The view was pretty amazing. We also heard the story of the Rhone and Salt Island. The Rhone was a British mail carrier ship deemed unsinkable by the British navy. It sank. Almost everyone died except for [...]

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Baptism by Tire

Jun 23, 2011

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Location: St. Tropez Author: Matt Giannotti The crew of Argo awoke to a fiercely cold morning after a long night of arduous one hour night watches, rotating seemingly without end. The newly established watch teams took over the ship in the early hours, setting course to Saint Tropez. Watch teams viciously shook off the exhausting [...]

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