The helm command gives the mate on watch helmsperson the responsibility for altering course slightly to accommodate wind shifts and get the most out of the sails. The course track shown steadily turned toward the east before gybing in response to the southerly to southwesterly veer of the wind. We had breakfast off Cape Elizabeth and motored to the dock at Portland Yacht Services by 0920. Members depart and there is now a short turnaround for the Greens Farms Academy trip in a 'convoy with schooners Harvey Gamage and Lettie G. Howard. GFA boarded at 1700.
Orientation takes place dockside, amidst a swarm of mosquitoes.
We will depart early AM tomorrow. We would like to thank Lotus and IBM for donation of software, hardware and funding to enable regular electronic updates from the ship. NOAA Chart is provided courtesy of Maptech using Cruising Navigator 4.3 and grabbing the image using Grabit Pro 6.02.