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Date: August 20, 2006 Location: Latitude: 17 - 26.5 N Longitude: 102 - 53.0 W Course:296 T Speed 14.4 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
	Training and day work was suspended today for the annual Sinbad Games on the ship. Only watches and work necessary for the operation of the ship was done. The day started off with Medusa 10K competition. Cadet Joseph Sebes took second place and Cadet Ryan Vechan took 5th place in the competition. The Sinbad Games consists of competitions in events made from the ordinary training or work aboard ship. There were events in hawser toss, heaving line toss, bucket brigade, bos'n chair climb, boiler suit hydro test, a plumbers nightmare, lifeboat crank, blind knot tieing , and a search for oscar. Each company sent a team to compete in each event. Division 1 Engineers took first place in the company competition. and Division 1 took first place in the division competition. The closest competition of the day was in the lifeboat crank. In this event the lifeboat is hand cranked from the embarkation deck to the limit switches on the boat deck. The competition was fierce with Division 1 Deck company beating out Division 2 Deck company by just 10 seconds. The funniest competition is the plumbers nightmare. Junk pipe, pipe fittings flanges and valves are made up into an apparatus about 8 feet long. There are many holes and leaks along the way. A fire hose is fitted to one end and a pressure gauge is fitted to the other end. The cadets are given a bucket of junk parts to fix the leaky pipe with in 15 minutes time. Then the water is turned on and the pressure checked. The highest pressure wins. Today the Division 1 Deck company won. Also interesting among the winners was Division 1 Engineer company winning the blind knot tieing contest. After the Sinbad Games, the stewards department cooked up a nice meal of grilled chicken and pork ribs for our Sunday afternoon BBQ on the fantail. It was a fitting end to a fun day. Captain Jack Smith Senior Lecturer Marine Transportation Department Back to Summer Cruise Main page.