2024-11-28 _ Class Afloat _ Tenerife – Mindelo

After a number of days full of sail demonstrations, rope pulling, interviews, ship tours, shopping, and sampling the food and culture of Tenerife, it was time to say goodbye and…

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2024-11-23_Class Afloat – Back to School

It was a busy day yesterday here on the Alex-2. In addition to our regular classes, we also had to do a deep ship clean and sail packing. We want…

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2024-11-19_Class Afloat – Last day in Morocco

For our last day in Morocco, we started with a scramble uphill in the dark to watch the sun rise. Worth it. We followed that up with a walk through…

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2024-11-18_Class Afloat – We got rained on in the Sahara!

We left our desert glamp camp the way we came: by camel. While we were trekking through the desert, something rare happened: big fat drops of rain started falling. We…

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2024-11-17_Class Afloat – Bustour and Pottery

Much less time on the bus today. We visited a pottery co-op in Tamegroute. A lot/much of the distinctive Moroccan pottery is made here. Spoiler: you can probably guess what…

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2024-11-15_Class Afloat – A tour of Ait Ben Haddou

We started the day with a tour of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO world heritage site. It was a place where caravans used to stop for a rest on their…

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2024-11-14_Class Afloat – Happy Birthday to Liv F!

We didn’t have Colours in the morning so we couldn’t pour buckets of water on her but Jonny made sure she got thrown into the hotel pool at the end…

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2024-10-31_Class Afloat – The games are afloat!

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:45:38 -0400Subject: 10/30/24 The games are afloat! Many crew members were taken out in our AmongUs-style game. Who will survive All Hallow’s Eve? It’s getting…

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2024-10-30_Class Afloat – Spooky season

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 05:49:47 -0400 Subject: 10/29/24 Spooky season has begun aboard the Alex-2! Our Student Council has organized some events for us to raise our spirits for…

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2024-10-29_Class Afloat – Back to regular classes yesterday for most of us.

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:23:45 -0400 Subject: 10/28/24 Back to regular classes yesterday for most of us. The seasickness has come back but it’s a little less decimating than…

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