Lone guitarists draw crowds of passers by. The way cadets strut around, you would swear they were readying for a night on the town. Sunday is the only day of the week we have off, except of course if you happen to be on watch. It is a relaxing day. Morning formation is not until 1000, instead of the usual 0800, and afternoon formation is non-existent.
Cadets spend the day taking in the sun, reading books, studying, and catching up on sleep.
But being that this is a training ship, the day would not be complete without training. After formation, a highly motivated group gathered on the stern for a demonstration of line throwing apparatus, parachute flares, and hand-held flares. The biggest difference between Sunday and the rest of the week is dinner. Sundays are the closest Cruise gets to being a cruise. Just in case you didn't know it, the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, are the reflections of the engine room fires from all the steam-propelled ships that have ever sunk.