If you’ve followed along with the C-273 voyage thus far, or have at least read Yage’s post from yesterday, then you might know that the Cramer ran into a bit of rain last night. While Yage was fast asleep in bed, I was on evening watch (1900-0100). Today, the B Watch mate, Finn, told us a tall tale about past work on ships, which is the inspiration for this blog post. In Finn’s words, last night “Could have been worse.”

今天可能是在克雷姆（Cramer 船名）上最不平稳的一天了。凌晨的岗位（1:00-7:00）一直在用引擎来帮助前行。当我们上午的岗位（7:00-13:00）快结束 时，天空下起了小雨。我换下班来，吃完了美味的午餐，chili 和corn bread （各种 豆子做的汤和玉米面包），立刻钻进了我的床上，享受我凌晨岗位前的12个小时。

Greetings all,
Today we deep-cleaned the Cramer! Instead of having class in the afternoon, we split into watches and cleaned the whole below decks area. A Watch took the Galley, B watch took the Main Salon, and C watch took the aft cabins. We clean the Cramer thoroughly every day, because grime magically appears even when we’re at sea, but today we stepped it up a notch and got everything we might have missed during the week.

Greetings, all!

After spending a few hours feeling nauseous at every trip below decks yesterday, it is amazing that I was able to spend most of my 6 hour watch as the dish assistant today in the galley! It feels great to (hopefully) be acquiring some sea legs, of course attributing most credit to medicine, a full belly, and a hydrated body. As a “newbie” aboard the Cramer, the crew is nothing but kind and positive.

Hello friends and family,

Today was an exciting day on board the SSV Corwith Cramer!

The day started bright and early with 6 am wake-ups for A watch and 6:40 am wake-ups for B and C watches, and it’s been a steady stream of new experiences and important training for the students-turned-crew of class C-273 ever since.

The students of C-273, Marine Biodiversity & Conservation, will join the SSV Corwith Cramer in Nassau by April 18th. They will finish their voyage in New York around May 25th after a week long port stop in Bermuda and begin their second shore component in Woods Hole, MA.