Spring 2002 SEAmester East Journal

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SEAmester Log, Part 1

First Leg, Feburary 2002

Sail Tall Ships:
If any of us thought we'd be broken into life at sea slowly, we were wrong! As soon as we got aboard the Harvey Gamage our first day, El Gecko (one of our small boats) had to be sanded and repainted, the anchor hauled and the brass cleaned. After spending the night in St. Thomas we were off to St. John, where we all got a taste of SEAmesters infamous hikes. We literally hiked from one side of the island to the other. Roughly calculated we think it turned out to be seven miles or so, but when half of it is uphill it sure seems to be more. Later that day we ended up having our first snorkel excursion. We saw a southern stingray, a sea turtle and one of my fellow students is intent on catching his own lobsters for dinner some night.

Due to a shift in the winds we had to leave the Virgin Islands early, but we ended up spending a suprise day on the island of Saba. I am in love with the place. So clean, so beautiful and all the people were so friendly! Okay, so the downside was that we had to walk up 1064 steps to the highest peak on Mt. Scenery, but no words can describe the view or how proud of myself I was that I pushed myself to complete the hike.

I am beginning to understand why alumni of hte progam say "this may be the hardest thing you'll ever do, but it will be the most rewarding." And although a fw of us have already paid our dues to King Neptune (aka seasickness) we're all in good spirits and awaiting our next adventure.

-Tara Wood
SEAmester Student

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