Sigsbee: Day 5: Saint Michael's and the Museum

In the morning we packed up at Tilghman Island and began sailing to St. Michael's and the Chesapeake Maritime Museum. During science watch we talked about bioaccumulation and marine debris with a fun game to go along! Deck watch hoisted the sails and helped navigate to Saint Michael's while we learned how to triangulate our position on a map.

Once we reached St. Mike's, we left the boat and had a picnic lunch before touring the museum and obtaining valuable information about our projects. Meanwhile, the boat was open to the public for tours. Tragically, our boat was outshined by the Maryland Dove, which was docked next to us. Luckily, once we finished touring, we had a massive water fight. We drenched the Sigsbee, and all the crew. After cleaning up the water, we dissected a squid and did a fun activity with the ink. Then we finally got to see the Dove ourselves, which was pretty cool. At night we camped within the museum grounds and had pizza night. We were also extremely happy because we got SHOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!! After five days of working on a boat, we were relieved to be clean for once. Overall it was a really great day.