… And to remember these times and minds, we have created a list of the 35 things we will miss the most for the 34 people and the ship we are leaving behind:

After standing the first few dark, cold lookouts up North, and realizing we didn’t really know as many songs as we had thought, we needed a new method to help pass the hours.

Sitting on the quarterdeck in the hot sun and listening to my classmates present the many things they’ve discovered through their research projects, I reflect on a smaller discovery of my own: my favorite sentence in the world is, “Nobody really knows.”

Today has been a phenomenal day aboard the Cramer!

Dear loyal readers,

Without port stops, we read land through water. It is 0300.

So, I sat there at the dinner table, eating cake and sipping daintily on a drink.

As we dodge squalls and hurricanes left and right, we’ve been thinking more and more about the cyclical nature of this journey.

On this lovely, squally Saturday, my day started dark and early at 0020 when I was woken for Dawn Watch.

Hello to all! We’ve had an interesting last 24 hours, especially on C Watch.