Day 28: Final Duty Day and a Foresail!

We got the big sail on the front of the ship on.  It's called the foresail.  I don't have a photo because I was on duty and was inside most of the time.  There was about an hour and fifteen minutes where I was out on the starboard arm of the yard - out over the water - helping to bend the sail on.  It was a unique experience.  Let me show you some stuff before I get too far...

This is the Niagara at full sail.  The lowest square sail at the front of the ship (the one you can see the most of) is the foresail.  

The arrow points to where I was to help bend the sail on (attach it to the yard)

As we wind down to the final days of blogging let's meet the purser (the person on the ship in charge of the handling the money and like things) - Emily Hoffman

Where are you from?  Point Breeze.  Pittsburgh representin'.

What is the most enjoyable about being the purser?  "Being able to be involved in the behind the scenes activities of the Niagara and being able to help with the whole organization not just the sailing."

Have anything interesting to the Kiski community?  "I grew up in Pittsburgh and never heard of the Niagara and now that I am here it is an amazing opportunity to learn about history and traditional sailing.  I encourage anyone to do the training or apprenticeships aboard her.  It is an invaluable experience."

Oh, it's Emily's birthday today!  Happy birthday Emily!

Many of the other crew wanted me to write a quote for them.  Do you have a quote I can repeat here?  "Let's go Pens!"

Thanks, Emily.

Our word of the day - only because it is my favorite name for a part of the ship...Boomkin!

It is sort of boring part of the ship - it holds tight the bottom corners of the foresail (more foresail talk for the day!)  Here is a pic...

The things radiating out from the feet of the man are the boomkins.  We just installed them yesterday so I didn't really know about them but like I said, they are now the thing on the ship with the best name.

I will try and squeeze something in quick tomorrow but our internet shuts off early so I cant make any promises.

Ahoy!