7/11/11

Yesterday was another great day on Sigsbee. The students continued to improve their sailing, knot tying, and navigation. All that hard work was interrupted by a much needed swim call. After everyone cooled off, some students learned about the water cycle while others investigated samples of phytoplankton. As one student wrote, "the day just drifted by like the birds flying past the Magestic Sigsbee." We stopped off at Solomons Island, where our first stop was a local pizza joint. We set up camp in a beautiful state park and finished the day by hunting for fossils of shark teeth on the beach.