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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

Welcome to Weather Reports

Weather Reports:  Compare the weather where you are with what we’re experiencing wherever we may be.  Part of our task is navigating a course which keeps us out of really bad weather.… Continue reading this post...

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

Welcome to Vessel Operations

Vessel Operations:  Golden Bear is effectively a 500-foot long, self-contained floating “city” with some 300 people aboard at any given time.  Each day we’re traveling on the broad waters of the Pacific or in port for a few days.  Vessel Operations gives you a quick summary of the ship’s position, fuel and water supplies, miles traveled, course heading, distance to go, etc.… Continue reading this post...

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Monday, February 16th, 2009

About FTV

To help you locate specific kinds of information during the Voyage of the Training Ship Golden Bear this summer, we’ve divided things into groupings listed along the right side of the home page including Ship Links, Calendar and Categories.  To see all entries added to the FTV site for
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Monday, February 16th, 2009

Welcome to FTV Reports Essays

FTV Reports Essays:  Each day, FTV staff aboard Golden Bear set out to chronicle the day’s activities in words and images and report them in FTV Reports.  These may include essays in words and pictures.  In addition, we’re planning expanded reports which help explain some of the behind-the-scenes details of vessel operations, training, maintenance and safety.  If there’s an area you would like to more about, check out our Ask… Continue reading this post...

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