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2024-12-01_Class Afloat – Another quietly day

Another quietly exciting day onboard yesterday. Some students used their spare periods to supplement their Vitamin D intake atop the charthouse (with the mate’s permission, of course). Others had a…

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2024-11-30_Class Afloat – Quiet day

We seem to have used up all the excitement the day before. Yesterday was a quiet day here on the Alex-2. Other than the fire drill, and the giant swell…

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2024-11-29_Class Afloat – A mystery boat

Yesterday was kind of exciting. During the night, we had a couple of helicopters fly fairly low over us. Then, around 10:00, the lookout spotted a boat drifting in the…

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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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2024-11-18_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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2024-11-12_Class Afloat_Fishing and Looking forward to Morocco

We found out the details of our Morocco trip yesterday, and we’re all really excited about it. Looking forward camels, desert camps, night skies full of stars, and so much…

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