Ships & Crew

Cramer Schedule

The Corwith Cramer operates in the Atlantic Ocean.

January: She begins the year in Key West, Fl., where she goes on a 5 day colleague trip followed by a short yard period.

February - March: In the beginning of February, she goes on an 11 day trip with the Williams/Mystic Program from Key West to Key West. In mid-February, she begins a SEA Semester in Key West that ends at the end of March, back in Key West. This 6-week trip around the Caribbean will include at least one port stop. In the past, these ports have included, Samana, Bahamas, Dominica and Jamaica.

March-April: The next 6-week SEA Semester leaves from Key West and ends in St. Croix in early May. This trip has had port stops in Samana, Montserrat and Jamaica.

May- June: In mid-May she will begin the 6-week Marine Biodiversity Semester leaving from St. Croix and ending mid-June in Woods Hole, MA. Following her arrival in Woods Hole she will participate in sails for the alumni reunion and then the 10 day WHOI-MIT program.

July-August: Cramer will spend the summer up north operating around the waters of Cape Cod with the Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine and Science at SEA high school programs, and the Thoreau scholar program.

September: September brings another Williams Mystic 11 day program, ending up in Rockland Maine, where the boat spends a month for maintenance.

October: She comes back to Woods Hole to pick up the Fall 1 students. This trip brings the boat south for the winter. She has a long first leg to the Caribbean, where she might first stop in Dominica before finishing the trip in St. Croix.

November - December: The students of the last SEA Semester of the year with our Documenting Change in the Caribbean Program join the ship in St. Croix just after Thanksgiving and finish in Key West. In the past, port stops on this trip have included Samana, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

These are some of the stops that we have visited in the past, but the captains are often trying to visit someplace new, so the port visits change from year to year.

Seamans Schedule

The Robert C. Seamans operates in the Pacific Ocean.

January: The year begins with the vessel in Papeete, Tahiti for the 5 day Wharton Program and a 5 day SEA development trip, followed by a short maintenance period.

February-March: At the beginning of February she will depart for the 7-week Sustainability in Polynesian Island Culture and Ecosystem Program ending late March in Honolulu, Hawaii. Past port stops on this trip have included the islands of Moorea, Rangiroa, Nuku Hiva, Christmas Island and the Big Island of Hawaii.

March-June: In late March the ship will begin another 6-week SEA semester ending back in Hawaii in early May. This will be followed by a second 6-week spring SEA semester also from Hawaii to Hawaii. Past port stops have included Christmas Island, Palmyra Atoll and Midway.

June-August: In mid-June the summer semester students join the ship in Honolulu, Hawaii for a 4-week crossing to San Francisco, CA where they will arrive in mid-July. Seamans will spend the rest of the summer sailing down the California coast with a 7 day colleague trip and then in the waters of the Channel Islands for the Oceanography of the Southern California Bight high school program, followed by a 5 day development trip ending in San Diego, CA.

September: The boat is in San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico for a month-long maintenance program.

October-November: After the SEA Semester students join the ship in San Diego in October, the boat heads out to Hawaii ending in Honolulu in early November.

December - January: During the Oceans & Climates SEA Semester, the ship continues to follow the sun south, beginning in Hawaii and sailing across the equator to a possible port stop on Christmas Island before finishing in January in Tahiti.

This schedule changes yearly, based on weather patterns.