Bermuda to Norfolk Virginia Ocean Training Cruise, June 7-15, 2019

S/V NAVIGATOR, our Island Packet 40 will depart Bermuda bound for Norfolk Virginia on June 9th.  The student crew (pictured here hard at work) arrived on the evening of June 6th.  June 7th and 8th were spent in preparation for the voyage.  The crew members are: Captain Tom Tursi of Pennsylvania (Skipper), Captain David Gifford of Maryland (First Mate), and student crew members Jonathan Sparling (Texas), Paul Oppenheimer (Massachusetts), Richard Baker (Vermont) and Ronald Spiers (Georgia). NAVIGATOR will make the passage to Norfolk via a non-stop ocean route. The cruise has an estimated distance of 670 nautical miles, and will take approximately 6 days, sailing both day and night.  We will discuss the route, weather and actual progress here on our blog as it happens, so please join us! To follow the discussion, see the COMMENTS to this blog post. To follow their actual progress on via SPOT, CLICK HERE.