Inland Seas at Escanaba, July 2014

Crew Change on Friday, June 27

Young Women in Science students present their research results

Second group research results

Aloft to adjust the fore topmast backstay

Foredeck from aloft

Escanaba Harbor channel

Sand Point Lighthouse

Weathered in at Escanaba Monday & Tuesday

Leaving Escanaba, wind N 20 - 30 kts

Len and Ben Swanton off St. Martin Island

We made it home to Suttons Bay in 8 hours and 10 minutes.  --Capt. Tom

Escanaba to Suttons Bay, July 14, 2013

Aboard Inland Seas,  Escanaba to Suttons Bay, July 14, 2013

Leaving Escanaba, 0608 hrs.



Sunrise over Little Bay de Noc

Important Navigation Gear: Compass, GPS, Coffee, Sunscreen.

Rebecha & Len on the fores'l halyard.  Allen on the sheet.

Fores'l up 

St. Martin Island Light

Gary recovering mylar balloon.  We saw four on our passage. What goes up must come down. 

Getting a nice boost from the wind (motorsailed all the way)

Capt. Gary at the helm



Capt. Allen Wolfe



Leo & Len plot our position

It was a great trip.  Thanks to the crew: Allen Wolfe, Len Klein, Gary Longton, Rebekah Fuller & Leo Peveglio.

Biology report:  About 200 white pelicans seen near Little Gull Island.  Many dead alewives seen between Little Bay de Noc and South Fox Island.  About one every 3 square meters. Mostly sub-adults. --- Capt. Tom Kelly

 

Inland Seas Leaves for Escanaba

Our schooner Inland Seas left Suttons Bay this morning at 0743.  She is bound for Escanaba with Capt. Ben Hale, mate Bob Hagerman, deckhand Tim Davis, educator Emily Shaw and cook Kathy Kane.  Instructors aboard are Sally Somsel, Bette Jackson, John Casteel, Leo Peveglio and Rebekah Fuller.

We will be doing educational programs for local school kids and the public while in Escanaba.  There is still room if you want to sail with Inland Seas on Wednesday afternoor or Thursday morning - and its FREE!  Call the ISEA office at 231-271-3077 for details.

Follow the schooner's progress to Escanaba on-line at http://ais.boatnerd.com/#

I will be joining the ship on Friday afternoon.  --Capt. Tom Kelly

Inland Seas Returns From Escanaba

Capt. Remy Champt brought Inland Seas home from Escanaba yesterday. He reported a rough ride for the first part of the journey, but good sailing for the remaining 12 hour crossing.  Our next public program will be Friday morning's Family Ecology Sail (sold out).  You can visit Inland Seas all day on Saturday July 16 at ISEA's Summer Festival. 

Inland Seas at Escanaba - John McDonough photo

For a newspaper reports on one of our Escanaba programs, click here and here.

Inland Seas at Escanaba

Preparing to launch message in a bottle (science is fun!)

Where are we?

Making 9+ mph on broad reach

Inland Seas arrived at Escanaba after a 12 houir, 6 minute passage from Suttons Bay.  Motorsailed most of the way, but finished with a long reach up Little Bay de Noc making 9 - 11 mph with 3 lower sails.  Welcomed to Esky by Maria and a committee working on the Tall Ship Festival here.  Big thunderstorm hit about an hour after arrival.  -Capt. Tom

Maritime Festival Planned for Escanaba on July 6, 2011

A new Maritime Festival will take place in Escanaba this summer, featuring Inland Seas and Madeline.
Read about it in the Escanaba Daily Press.

Young Women in Science, Upper Peninsula Trip

First Escanaba crew, lead by Capt. Remy Champt, ready to disembark after a week sailing in Little Bay de Noc. Emily and Jeannie (Educator and Cook, respectively), stayed for the remaining four days.   Everyone in PFD's during Abandon Ship practice. Sailing on Big Bay de Noc, on our way to FayetteWorking on research presentations, day 2. Research topics were the relative abundance of zebra and quagga mussels, and the impacts on the benthic fish community of the round goby. Round Goby group presenting their results. Round goby was the dominate fish collected by our bottom trawls.

Fairwell and Fair Winds to our Young Women in Science group, sponsored by Zonta Intenational

Invasive Ruffe Update from US Fish & Wildlife Service

ISEA's Schoolship Inland Seas participates in the annual survey for the invasive Ruffe. None were found in our trawls in Grand Traverse Bay and Little & Big Bay de Noc in 2009. The following report was sent to us by Anjie Bowen of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Range of Ruffe in the Great Lakes, 2009

Lake Superior: No range expansion was detected. The ruffe range spans the entire south shore from the Duluth-Superior Harbor on the border of Minnesota/Wisconsin to Whitefish Bay, Michigan, and along the north shore from the Duluth-Superior Harbor to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

St. Marys River: Ruffe remain undetected in the river.

Lake Huron: Ruffe were detected in one area of Lake Huron - Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay River and Thunder Bay). Ruffe have not been captured since 2003 and have not been captured outside of Thunder Bay.

Lake Michigan: The ruffe range consists of Green Bay.

Lakes Erie and Ontario: No ruffe were captured from the Lower Great Lakes. Ruffe remain undetected in the Lower Great Lakes, and in all inland lakes and streams within the Great Lakes Basin.

For additional information, contact Anjanette Bowen (989-356-5102 x1014), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Alpena, Michigan. For a ruffe fact sheet and photo go to http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=7

Inland Seas at Escanaba, Capt. Tom in Scotland

Inland Seas is in Escanaba all this week, and will be at Fayette this week end. Capt. Remy Champt is in command.

Capt. Tom is with his family aboard St. Hilda, Loch Fyne, Scotland. Anchored tonight at 56-06.70 N, 5-14.99 W.

-Capt. Tom