Today we are getting ready to visit Fort Jefferson . Everyone seems to be getting themselves acclimated to the boat as the watch system and boat terminology slowly become second nature to us. Because this is a sailing school, we of course had two hours of class today. The topics we covered were plankton and knot tying . Here is a brief summary.
Plankton make up the bottom of the food chain in the ocean.
They not only provide food for other organisms but their photosynthesizing abilities produce oxygen as well. Knot tying was an interesting class. Because every knot looks the same, and is composed of the same initial steps, the process can become quite frustrating. I think that everyone in the end mastered the clove hitch , the rolling hitch and the constrictor knot . That's it, we are now on our way to the Dry Tortugas and our first land experience in four days.