April 9, 2009

Yesterday we left for Trellis Bay at around 5pm. We sailed through the night and today we are still sailing on our way to the Dominican Republic. During the night I was the first student to sail wing and wing, which means we were going down wind with sails set on either side of the boat. During the day we continued our sail up to Samana. Once it hit noon, there was barely any breeze and it was superhot, so Captain Smith decided to open up the pool for a swim call! "Opening the pool" means that we stop the boat in the middle of nowhere and get to take a swim. Everyone hurried and got ready and jumped right on in. We didn't realize until we got out that we were swimming in the Puerto Rican Trench which is 7,500 feet deep, over a mile and a half down.

Briana Clemmons