Dear Friends and Families,
Concordia has arrived in Bermuda! The vessel made great speed from Trinidad and arrived late last night in St. Georges. The vessel is moving this morning to Front Street in Hamilton where she will remain over the weekend.
Concordia will sail again on Monday.Some highlights of the past sail include Mitchel's crowning as the new Ms. Concordia and a swim call for the crew! Oral exams were also completed and final written exams will take place on the sail to Grand Manan.Bermuda is part of the Tall Ship Atlantic Challenge 2009 series and the weekend is jam-packed with sports events, festivals, food and great inter-crew opportunities. This is an incredible chance for our crew to visit and tour other tall ships, meet other tall ship crews and take a great deal of pride in being the crew of Concordia as we are considered a featured vessel in the festival.
Attached is a map of Hamilton harbour and list of the vessels in attendance this weekend!
We will, sadly, need to say good-bye to our South African crew mates here in Bermuda. They will fly home on Monday with, we hope, wonderful memories of their time aboard Concordia and a great deal of personal and global learning in their wake. It has been a pleasure to have them aboard and we wish all of them the very best for the future!
There will be one new crew member joining the vessel to sail from Bermuda to Grand Manan. Adam Goodwin is a Floatie alum from 2005-2006 who is a native Bermudian and who has spent the three years since he graduated from Class Afloat pursuing a mariner career. Adam will be working on deck daily with the crew to help prepare the vessel for Lunenburg and will be an invaluable resource to students in the debrief process. Adam is quiet but confident and when you get him talking he is articulate and able to make deep connections between his experiences aboard Concordia and his path since returning to "real life". Students will be encouraged to talk with him, individually and in small groups, about life after Class Afloat, transitioning home etc. and we hope that his presence will add a unique element, together with our Bosun's Mate Axel who is an alum from 2002-2003, to the student debrief. Adam will disembark in Grand Manan and the crew will complete their voyage to Lunenburg as a core family group.
Have a great weekend! Only 14 sleeps until Concordia arrives in Lunenburg!
Cheers,Kate
We will, sadly, need to say good-bye to our South African crew mates here in Bermuda. They will fly home on Monday with, we hope, wonderful memories of their time aboard Concordia and a great deal of personal and global learning in their wake. It has been a pleasure to have them aboard and we wish all of them the very best for the future!
There will be one new crew member joining the vessel to sail from Bermuda to Grand Manan. Adam Goodwin is a Floatie alum from 2005-2006 who is a native Bermudian and who has spent the three years since he graduated from Class Afloat pursuing a mariner career. Adam will be working on deck daily with the crew to help prepare the vessel for Lunenburg and will be an invaluable resource to students in the debrief process. Adam is quiet but confident and when you get him talking he is articulate and able to make deep connections between his experiences aboard Concordia and his path since returning to "real life". Students will be encouraged to talk with him, individually and in small groups, about life after Class Afloat, transitioning home etc. and we hope that his presence will add a unique element, together with our Bosun's Mate Axel who is an alum from 2002-2003, to the student debrief. Adam will disembark in Grand Manan and the crew will complete their voyage to Lunenburg as a core family group.
Have a great weekend! Only 14 sleeps until Concordia arrives in Lunenburg!
Cheers,Kate
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