May 16, 2012
News as of 1330:
Much like the tides, our plans for the Azores have changed.
We will anchor off Sao Miguel this evening to transfer
some passengers, circle back around tomorrow afternoon to pick up other
passengers, and off we go. That will be all for the Azores. Word around the
foremast is that we're heading to Tenerife (Canary Islands) instead, but we
will not know for sure until probably Friday afternoon.
The ETA is Sunday morning...IF we indeed go to the Canary
Islands. It looks like the decision will be made tomorrow.
News as of 2100:
Land ho!
Cadets on the flying bridge first spied the cone off Sete
Cidades mid-afternoon, and the island of São Miguel came to full view during
dinner time. A Portuguese pilot boat came up to greet us as we lowered the
gangway to sea level. Four courageous passengers walked down, jumped, and
hopped on to the pilot boat. We received a sack of mail in return. However, we are expecting that any additional mail sent to
the Azores will be forwarded to Iceland.
In the mean time, we will steam for at
least three more days while waiting for the Captain to announce the next port.
More updates as they come,
Kimmy
2 comments:
Does anyone have the Iceland port address? I didn't have time to mail something to the Azores. Please reply if you do!
@Anonymous, According to the SST 2012 site hosted by Maritime College (http://www.sunymaritime.edu/About%20Maritime/Summer%20Sea%20Term/index.aspx) as of departure, the address for Iceland will be:
[Name], c/o T/S EMPIRE STATE, MS Armann shipbrokers Ltd., Harbourbuilding – Tryggvagata, P.O. Box 290, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
~SBLL
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