Tyler set sail yesterday with his class aboard the Star of India!
They spent the entire day and night being deck-hands on the ship...
Tyler had an absolutely wonderful time (though he wasn't very fond of the food which consisted of "rat stew" for dinner and porridge for breakfast this morning). His night watch was from 1130 at night until 130 in the morning. He was the captain of the riggers! An absolutely amazing experience!
I just picked him up and boy is he pooped!!!
Guess a sailor doesn't sleep much on the high seas!
This is the actual ship they were on... It was a working ship in the 1800's and is now docked in the San Diego harbor... Just a little history-
Star of India was built in 1863 as Euterpe, a full-rigged iron windjammer ship in Ramsey, Isle of Man. After a full career sailing from Great Britain to India then to New Zealand, she became a salmon hauler on the Alaska then to California route. After retirement in 1926, she was restored between 1962 and 1963 and is now a seaworthy museum ship ported at the San Diego Maritime Museum in San Diego, United States. She is the 2nd oldest ship that still sails regularly and the oldest iron hulled merchant ship still floating. The ship is both a California and United States National Historic Landmark.
Eagan waiting to pick up his best buddy Tyler!!!
Our captain is home (with lots of stories about his adventure)!!!
