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Date: July 6, 2006 Location: Latitude: 22 - 48.0 N Longitude: 109 - 58.3 W Course: 129 T Speed 9 Knots	July: 1\|2\|3\|4\|5\|6\|7\|8\|9\|10\|11\|12\|13\|14\|15\|16\|17\|18\|19\|20\|21\|22\|23\|24\|25 26\|27\|28\|29\|30\|31 August: 1\|2\|3\|4\|5\|6\|7\|8\|9\|10\|11\|12\|13\|14\|15\|16\|17\|18\|19\|20\|21\|22\|23\|24 25\|26\|27\|28\|29\|30\|31 Daily Ship's Report
	Today it is easy to find the position of our ship on your chart. At noon, we were 17 miles southeast of Cabo San Lucas which is on the very southern tip of lower or Baja California in Mexico. We cut the corner of our planned route to get closer to Cabo San Lucas so everyone could see the famous tourist attraction from the sea. There were a few charter fishing boats nearby to us for most of the midday. Last evening the California Maritime Cadets were dragging fishing lines behind our ship and caught two 3 foot dorado, one four foot wahoo and ten small tuna. Needless to say our Texas cadets were jealous and will be buying fishing gear when we arrive in port so that they can join in the fishing fun. Tonight the California cadets shared their fresh bounty of fish with all who wanted some. The fish were served either grilled or as shushimi and very tasty. While our cadets worked today, many of them were distracted from their immediate tasks by the sight of flying fish for the first time. The ship has been surrounded by schools of them popping out of the water and flying away from their predators all day. Sadly many of the little critters have met their demise because sea birds have been flying low over them and feasting on the "catch of the day". The birds were very adept at catching the flying fish in mid air. Our cadets continue to be very busy keeping up with their work and training. Sean Kelly and Megan Kline were busy today color coding all of the equipment for each Damage Control Locker on board so that we don't wind up with ten needed items in one locker and none in the next.. As always celestial navigation is a big part of our first class cadets day. Out shooting stars tonight were Nial Kennedy, Ross Macmurdo, Robert Cope, Jon Lashley and Stephen Conway. Some of our engineers enjoying their Medical Provider class are Marissa Myers, Rachel Bono, Folabi Bolatiwa, and Jian Zhou. Malcolm Boucher and Ryan Vechan shared their experiences aboard commercial tankers last year in the atmospheric testing module of the Deck Training program. And last but not least, our meteorologists for the day Robert Ganser and Fallon Thorbin have predicted continued fair winds and calm seas as we continue our voyage. Captain Jack Smith Senior Lecturer Marine Transportation Department Back to Summer Cruise Main page.