Now is the time for work or studying. This concludes a day in the life of a cadet officer. Aurora, IL It s been a week since the TSES VI left Fort Schuyler, and cadets are beginning to get accustomed to life at sea. For some, this is our second or third trip across the pond. For any ship, crossing the Atlantic Ocean is a pretty tall order.
Most vessels can cross in under six days.
Because we take classes, stand watches, and maintain a cruising speed of 13 knots, it takes the TSES fourteen days. As we started SST, we immediately sailed through a storm that tossed our little ship for days. This gave many of the cadets a chance to grow their sea legs, or get accustomed to the motion of the ship. For those of you who have never spent any time on a ship, imagine living, working, eating, and sleeping in a building no larger than two football fields. Cadets spend their time in a constantly rocking vessel twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.