Happy holidays, merry Christmas, and happy Hanukkah! Last night the DSST crew served us a lovely festive dinner in a transformed mess. Between courses, we floaties provided some highbrow entertainment…
Itâs our last full day of class before the holidays! A number of floaties are studying very diligently to prep for their Ordinary Seaman exam, which is scheduled for the…
Weâve officially passed the halfway mark and are now closer to the New World than the Old. Everyone is gearing up for the holidays: we took a group photo that…
Yesterday we celebrated our 100th day of Class Afloat! Itâs hard to believe that we all became a group only so many (only so few?) days ago. To mark the…
Happy Birthday, Emma! We hope you enjoyed your extra-fancy banana pancakes yesterday morning. A number of us are hoping to take our Ordinary Seaman (OS) exam at the end of…
We returned to quiet days on the Alex yesterday. Some highlights of the day were Jurgen the bosunâs birthday (happy 72nd!) and the shortbread with fruit sauce that Abby the…
   Everyone who came to breakfast yesterday morning stopped in their tracks as soon as they walked into the mess. They would stand frozen in the entryway for a few…
Yesterday was an unusual day for us, and probably for you at home, too. If you’re following the ship tracker online, you might have been surprised to see that we…
Another sunny day anchored off the coast of Cabo Verde. Yesterday was definitely better than the day before. We had amazing chocolate-chip pancakes for breakfast and a yummy stir-fry for…
