Well I just finished my first day at sea! We are currently about 60 miles offshore and running north-west towards the 45th parallel to make a circle track to Korea. It is VERY windy 40-60 knot gusts with upwards of 90 knots expected tonight as we sail through a gail force storm. A lot of kids are getting seasick, luckily I have been able to not get sick and am starting to get used to the rolling. The water is really blue, bluer than I have ever would of expected. I am excited for the stars tonight as it should be very dark. Yesterday we spent the day on SF Bay and trained, I was fortunate enough to go on a brand new HUGE tugboat to the pier to tie up the ship! (I might want to be a mate on a tug) We sailed under the Golden Gate about 0900 this morning and am relieved to be out and headed to the far east, you can still see the faint shadow of mountains from here but that should slowly disappear. I am on Day work this whole week and am doing various jobs around the ship, today I spent most of the time cleaning out the Chief Mates office and securing items to the deck, oh and scrubbing toilets. So far the food is decent, and I have found time to be in the gym in the evenings. Tomorrow Andrew and I are on CC duty which involves washing dishes and cleaning the galley/mess deck for all three meals. The first few days have been pretty exhausting and now that we are in routines it should get more enjoyable. Pictures are hard top upload and probably will have to wait until home to share, sorry. Well I am off to the gym, just done with dinner. Love You All and have a good night!
V/R,
CDT Jonathan Anderson
Squad Leader, Division 6 MT
Corps of Cadets
California Maritime Academy
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