Happy Sailors

I am happy to report all Stanford@SEA students have emerged as happy sailors and we're two days in on our trip. We're in the South Pacific Gyre south of Tahiti, headed towards Iles Maria. We're halfway there and the Gyre water is warm. 

Sightings of Cuvier beaked whales and large numbers of Tahitian petrels and red-footed boobies have lit up the deck team sighting birds. We're introducing students to the instrumentation on board and of course they are learning their sail handling and watch routines.

Everyone is in great spirits and when we have more capacity we'll send a few photos of the ship and company.

Best regards to All- 

Chief Scientist, Barb Block