Cal Maritime:Follow the Voyage 2009

Today our journey ends. Most students will stay aboard the ship until Sunday after formation and will soon return home to their loved ones anxiously awaiting their arrival. Today, Saturday August 29th, we're expected to pass under the Golden Gate Bridge around 11:45 a.m. so get your cameras ready, if you in the area.  For those who wish to see the Golden Bear in Vallejo, we'll arrive at the

As we prepared The Golden Bear for departure from sunny San Diego’s Cruise Terminals, on Thursday, August 27th, the deck students were busy with various activities above the deck, while the engineering students were below making sure all systems were ready to go! The bridge crew was standing by, as the tug boats were positioned at the rear of the ship (aft) and starboard side to pull us safely… Continue reading this post...

The Sinbad Competitions started off at 8:00 a.m. with the Medusa 10K, Bosun’s Chair, Hawser & Heaving Line Toss, Lifeboat Crank, Oscar Hunt, Plumber’s Nighmare, Electrician's Nightmare, Leaky Bucket, Boiler Suit, Sea Bag Contest, Chubby Bunny & and all you can eat BBQ on the fantail!

Divisions 4 & 5 competed neck and neck, but in the end Division 6 took the lead and won the prize! They won… Continue reading this post...

At noon today, our ships position was 29° 39.9'N, 125° 58.4'W at 11.4 KTS.  The Golden Bear is approximately 480 miles WSW of San Diego and we’re expected to arrive the morning of August 24th...2 more days to go!

It’s toward the end of cruise and students are scrambling to make up for loss time. But for those… Continue reading this post...