Sailing Into Baltimore

So, we are sailing into Baltimore now with all the oysters dumped and the Oystas tired but happy. Fish wanted to say hello to everyone that was able to view the blog and hopes the Oystas stay in touch over the days, weeks and months to come.

Furling the Sail

We fold the sail nice and pretty at the end of every day. A couple daredevils furl the jibb.

Rock Hall to Fort Carroll

We went to Rock Hall and picked up 3 tons of oyster shells. Yes, THREE TONS.

We are going to dump them at Fort Carroll. Well, not dump but shovel. They did get dumped on our boat however.

The place where we got the oyster shells was really industrial, scarry, and sad. Sam said, "It looked like a war zone." Rachael added "I thought we were going to get bombed."

Heidi had to jump across a big gap in the docks but she made it safely.

Then it's off to Baltimore and we are done with the Sigsbee even though we are OYSTAS 4 LIFE.

Starry Night

Last night, everyone slept outside (not in the tents). While some people were playing games, I looked up at the mesmorizing sea of stars. It was so beautiful. I was able to see the Big Dipper for the first time. Most people don't take the time to look at the sights (including me), but when I did they were exquisitly magnificent. I will always remember them.

-Taylor

Swim Call by Brian

Even though I didn't go in, I still had a good perspective of swim call. While swimming, people tried to go up the chain on the bow by climbing with just their hands.

Some people made it but eventually everyone fell in. This was a great social time for us, we had a lot of fun. What a day this has been.

My Time at Sea by Grace, Keds, and G-Unit

(Grace is Keds. Grace is also G-Unit)

Being on the Sigsbee has been the greatest adventure of my life. I started out with the idea that our boat would be divided into two groups- the people from '06 and the new people (like me). I now find that I was wrong and I am close friends with everyone on the boat.

Even with all my friends on the boat it has been hard for me to adapt to life on the Sigsbee. One thing that bothered me was awakening at 5:30-7:00am -mornings are not my style. Every day at lunch, I would crash and to tell you the truth a bucket full of cold salty water being dumped on your head while you're sleeping is not the best way to be woken up.

Thomas Point

Contributed by Samantha Murphy:
Last night we camped at Thomas Point. During our camp, all of the oystas were becoming more and more of a family. All of the oystas were sitting by the edge of the water discussing their futures, like becoming each other's bride's maids or best men at each other's weddings.

Also while sitting by the water all of the oystas sang disney songs together like "Kiss the Girl" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". After singing Disney songs, we all contributed to our own song called "Jellyfish".

Later that night everyone walked to the point and sat shooting candy necklaces at each other then we played flashlight tag. I hid between two port-a-potties. To end the night, we went to our tents for a 6:30am wake up.

Contributed by Deer Park:
Last night was my favorite night of our camping/sailing trip. Thomas Point was mad cool because we could hang out with all the oystas and getting to know everyone so much better.

I Caught A Fish At Horn Point

Sara caught a fish. This is Sara holding Saro (long "o" sound) the sturgeon. Sure it was in a fish tank but look how she caught it with her hands.

Working on the Sigsbee

While on the Sigsbee we need to navigate, steer, and work the sails. We also do deck washes at the end of the day where we wash the whole boat (the blurry picture is because we are working so fast to clean the boat). Later today we will get tons of oyster shells so will need to do a pretty intense deck wash when we leave.

Pictures at the Upwellers

Last week at Horn Point, we cleaned oyster upwellers. The oysters live in the upwellers until they are used in the lab. They are used to spawn (to create new oysters like the ones we moved while we were there) or to find ways to make them live better lives in the Bay.