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(...continued) Soren and Ingrid Axelsen visited members, Kent and Donna Seymour on their m/v, Sea Ya!, in the Adriatic this past August. They started out in Trieste, Italy, and went through Croatian waters in Istria, finally ending up in Opatija, Croatia. The Seymours' cruise will end for this season in Pireaus, Greece, having first visited places like Zadar, Dubrovnikk, Split, and Corfu. After a winter in Marin they will continue on to the Greek Islands next spring.
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Sally Huse reports that the CYC burgee flew last month on the Ukranian Sail Training Ship, Khersones, on a six-day sail from Bremerhaven, Germany to the North Sea and back to Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Brand-new cadets (16 to 19 years old) learned the rigging, how to unfurl and furl the sails, and the difference between a sheet and a halyard (in order to pick the correct one in a hurry day or night - not an easy task). For instance, after the third day we had winds of Buford 6-7 and sails has to be reduced at 2 a.m. by the cadets.
The STS Khersones was built in 1988 in Gdansk (Poland), is 109.4 meters long (359 feet), 6.6 meters draft and 14 meters beam. She has 3 masts, all 49.5 meters tall (162 feet). She carries regular crew of 40, plus 48 cadets, 3 teachers and between 64 and 96 paying passengers, two of whom were Hans Roeben and Sally Huse.
