Ahoy, matey!

After another trip to the awesome Salamanca Market, a few of us Ithaca pirates took a cruise on a sailboat all around Hobart’s harbor.

Our trusty vessel was an old-fashioned sailboat called the Lord Nelson (above), but its stylings led all of us to call it a pirate ship. We assumed our sea faring responsibilities immediately, keeping a close watch on the seas and participating in other piratey activities (above).

During our voyage, we saw some other sailboats (left), some nice views of the Hobart coastline (above), and Mount Wellington off in the distance (above). We sailed under the Tasman bridge also (way above).

We also got to see how a sailboat works. There were tons of ropes everywhere you looked (left). Mary got to ring the boat’s official bell (above), and several of us got to steer the boat. At left you can see me at the helm, where I safely avoided the nonexistent obstacles for about 2 minutes. It was awesome. We got to go down below (which amplified the seasickness feeling times 10), and saw how crew live aboard the boat (above, with Matt pretending to be a sailor).

I think all of the above pirates would agree that it was an awesome outing.

note: I can finally upload pictures (hence the last two posts), but I can't control where they go or the order they're in. Unless someone wants to teach me html.