May 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7.
A C A D E M Y N E W S
MMA Training Cruise to years. By doing this, most students gain
Visit Coastwise Ports exposure to a variety of foreign and domestic
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy stu- ports pertinent to their future seafaring ca-
dents, officers, and crew will visit ports on the reers.”
Atlantic coast, Puerto Rico, and Canada this “Follow the Voyage,” MMA’s annual
spring as part of the college’s annual two- online ship tracking and interactive web site,
month training cruise to foreign and domestic will be coordinated by students and staff as
ports-of-call. This year’s training cruise itin- part of this year’s training activities. “Follow
erary includes, Key West, FL, May 13-16; the Voyage” is developed and presented in
DEMO
Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 27-28; San Juan, conjunction with a number of external part-
Puerto Rico, May 29-June 1; St. John’s, New- ners including the Maine Department of Edu-
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foundland, Canada, June 12-15; and Balti- cation and the U.S. Maritime Administration.
more, MD, June 21-24. The ship will make a In its ninth year of operation, the site covers
brief stop in Rockland, Maine, for a family day the Academy’s annual training cruise from a
sail on the return leg to Castine. Under the variety of perspectives. In addition to an
command of Captain Larry Wade of Bradley, interactive tracking chart of the cruise, the
Maine, the training ship, State of Maine, will site provides links devoted to teaching and
begin departure operations 10:00 a.m., and educational materials for students of all ages.
will depart from Castine harbor at approxi- Once the ship is underway, the public is
mately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 6, invited to join the voyage by visiting
2009. The training cruise will commence in www.mma.edu and following the highlighted
port on Friday, May 1, for pre-sailing prepa- hyperlink.
ration. Complementing the educational focus
According to Captain Wade, students of MMA’s and training cruise, students and
participating in this year’s training cruise will staff sailing aboard the State of Maine will
have the opportunity to visit a number of work in cooperation with the Belfast-based
dynamic port cities in the U.S, Puerto Rico, organization, Educational Passages, to
and Canada. “This is the second year in a row launch five small sailboats at various loca-
that we’ve cruised coastwise,” said Wade. tions. Educational Passages utilizes 4.5 foot-
“While Maine Maritime Academy is known long unmanned sailboats to enable the study
internationally for the quality of its seafarers, of ocean wind and current patterns by school
U.S. flag commerce with Europe begins right or community groups.~ Designed with assis-
here in our home ports and it’s vital to expose tance from an experienced naval architect, the
students to the port operations on the Atlan- boats are made of molded fiberglass and are
tic coast.” capable of making long ocean passages.
“Each year our students alternate train- They are crafted to sail indefinitely down-
ing cruises aboard our ship with those in wind and will transmit their location and boat
industry so we plan cruise itineraries which speed for up to one year. The boats rely solely
focus on ports in North America for two on wind and current power and need no
consecutive years. Then we head across the
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Atlantic for the following two consecutive
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