Education Guest Log
Sail Training Trips - 2007
Following are submittals by students during Lynx trip from Oakland, CA to Hilo, Hawaii, beginning June 19, 2007.
Submittals from students during 2002 trips, 2003 trips,
2004 trips, and 2006 trips can also be seen.
On this voyage, the Lynx was manned by her professional crew in addition to five high school student crew members.
This voyage represents the fourth annual "Cruize of Opportunity" to the Hawaiian Islands by the Lynx with student crew aboard. The 2007 student crew
wrote as follows:
2007 Cruize of Opportunity Student Web Postings
"Two weeks, where did they go? How much have I changed in those 2
weeks? I sit here at the computer and even the typing seems so alien
and unusual. This one line has really come to summarize my feeling on
the trip. "I didn't realize just what I was getting into until I
walked up and saw the LYNX at Jack London Square, I didn't realize
what we were doing until the half way party, and I didn't realize what
we had done until I saw the lights of Hilo
on the horizon. This has been amazing."
Nathan Pablo
"Over these last days of our voyage I've been thinking about what is it
that I'm going to take away from this trip. Everyone can agree that
it's the experience of a lifetime, but what will we take with us into
our communities and into our lives. I found two answers; first the
small habits such as a better ability to take orders, keep your
personal space clean, and always pick up after your self. Secondly and
more importantly a perspective on the interactions and relationships
that make up our community. This crew is a perfect example of how a
community should work, a group of people from different backgrounds
who have different skills coming together to work as a unit with one
thing in common, a love of sailing and of the sea. I know that as I
move into the future I will take these lessons and examples with me,
to help us create a more perfect society."
Charles Giannini
"It still hasn't sunk in what we have just done. I understand that we
have sailed across the Pacific Ocean in a wooden boat, but it really
hasn't seemed like it. I don't think I will completely realize what
we have done until I fly home, over the vast ocean that we just sailed
across for two weeks. Where did that time go? It just seemed like one
big day. One big day away from my family. But these people are my
family too. It has been a blast, an adventure, and an incredible
experience. I wouldn't want summer to be any other way."
Signe Larsen
"This voyage has been an eye opening experience for me, and an
adventure that I will never forget. It was a spur of the moment
decision to take part in this voyage and I never thought that I would
do something as big as sailing across the Pacific Ocean. This decision
revealed that I should take experiences like this and other
opportunities as they come up because as I look back, I almost didn't
go and I would have missed this amazing trip. It's hard to believe that
in a day or so I will be flying over the very ocean I just sailed
through to get to Hawaii. I'm sure when that moment comes I will come
to fully appreciate and realize what I have just accomplished. I want
to thank the crew that was absolutely wonderful and my shipmates that
I spent two weeks with. I wouldn't have wanted a better group of
people to share this experience with."
Becky Ware
"Two weeks just doesn’t seem like enough time to fully capture the serenity of the sea.
While out there I thought a lot more than usual, actually used my head. It was a good chance to live life, not just get by doing the
same redundant activities daily. As my trip comes to a close I regret that I have to go home, back to the real world and fall
back into the rut we call daily life. But that’s ok because I don’t believe this is the end of a voyage aboard the Lynx.
It is merely a beginning to what’s ahead of me and it has given me a different approach to life. "
Trevor Rawlings
This is not a cruise ship voyage for the students. They are working crew members and as such share all the responsibilities of the
professional crew. Under the watchful eye of the captain and crew of Lynx, the students learn helmsmanship, navigation, emergency procedures,
tall-ship maintenance, and most importantly, how to work as a cohesive, responsible team. The Lynx Sail Training program is a fully developed
educational program designed to challenge youth and bring them together as a united crew stressing the importance of teamwork and cooperation.
Students will discover first-hand a rich mix of cultures, as well as natural and man-made wonders. Together, as they learn to sail their ship through
the Pacific trade winds towards their final destination, they will harvest lessons learned by all seafarers who set out upon the oceans in the past.
This program develops leadership, confidence, responsibility and personal growth through response to unforeseen challenges. A sense of nature's
balance and wonder; a developing commitment to their small community of co-adventurers; and a practical understanding of the ethic represented
by the ship's motto: "Be excellent to each other and to your ship."
For more information about how you or your child can be a part of this wonderful experience, please contact the Lynx Educational Foundation,
operators of the 1812 American Privateer Schooner Lynx. We are presently accepting student applications for the 2007 voyage to
Hawaii, and adult applications for the 2007 return trip from Kauai to the mainland.
Contact Information: The Lynx Educational Foundation
509 29th Street, Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 723-7814; Fax (949) 723-1958; lynx@privateerlynx.org.
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