On May 12th at 10:00ish the 2014 Summer Sea Term officially began with the departure of the Empire State VI. This year, cruise stops will include Baltimore, Philadelphia, the Canary Islands, Ireland, Denmark, and Portugal.
As has been the tradition with these cruises, our ship's librarians will be maintaining a blog concerning the cruise that should be of general interest to all hands. For our previous cruise blogs, please navigate to the summer months in prior SST years.
This year's ship's librarians are Oleg Kushelev, a veteran from the 2013B cruise, and newcomer Laurel Angrist, who will be switching out with Oleg at Ireland. We wish them both a pleasant and productive cruise.
Precruise was a busy time for all hands last week, including the librarians, who brought aboard nearly 1,000 books to top off our 5,000 item ship's library. Much sweating occurred last Thursday as about 80 boxes of books were hauled aboard by cadets and organized.
This morning, the campus, friends, and family gathered at the pier at Fort Schuyler for the leave taking. With the ship's horns blasting, the training ship slipped its moorings and glided into the confluence of the East River and Long Island Sound.
It was a picture perfect day for the start of the journey. This SST will mark the school's 141st training cruise.
Below are photographs from loading the library during precruise and today's departure. Be sure to check this blog for regular updates.
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