The following is a typical Schoolship half-day program. Times are cumulative. Note - to do all these activities it takes about 1 hr. and 15 min. With the schooner under power, the trawl is prepared for fish sampling.
Students help launch the trawl over the side.
During the tow, students tour the ship with the instructors, who lead them in a discussion of shipping and shipboard life in the 1800's. Safety equipment aboard ship is identified. Ten minutes later the ship stops while students haul in the net. The captured fish are placed in aquariums for later examination at the Fish Learning Station. The vessel proceeds to the limnology sampling station on Grand Traverse Bay or Suttons Bay.