Capt. Christopher Flansburg
Roseway just made her transit from Cape Charles, VA, to Charleston in stellar fashion. Was there wind? Yep. Some. Enough to get us going 10kts at times. I love that and Roseway is happiest doing so. What you see is an old gaff-rigged schooner with red sails moving along grac…
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Thursday, November 11, 2021 Docklines are cast by our friends at the Mystic Seaport; shipwrights and museum workers, who were there both to help and also to wish us “fair winds and following seas”. Two bridges open up for us as we motor down the Mystic River towards th…
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Dear Friend, We hope this letter finds you and your family well and looking forward to a new season. These times are certainly challenging, but we at World Ocean School are continuing to find reasons to smile. We are reaching out to our community to share news of our great…
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Wednesday, October 6, 2021 We hove to outside the Piers Park cove as the young sailors boarded Roseway from their launch boats. Introductions were made and safety procedures were briefed. With no time to lose, we set the students to task setting sails.…
read moreFriday, October 1, 2021 This afternoon we welcomed aboard a small but mighty group of students from another brand-new educational partner: the Community School of Mount Desert Island! After wrapping up our morning program with students from College of the Atlantic, ou…
read moreFriday, October 1 If there's one thing we love more than sailing, it's inviting students into the world of tall ships. This morning, we welcomed 20 students and professors from College of the Atlantic aboard our beloved tall ship for a hands-on introduction to some o…
read moreWednesday, September 29, 2021 This morning our crew woke up bright and early at anchor in Belfast Harbor and jumped right into prepping Roseway to welcome aboard a group of students from the Ecology Learning Center—a brand new educational partner for World…
read moreWednesday, September 22, 2021 Today we had an exciting opportunity to collaborate with a brand new educational partner: the Maine Ocean School, a Searsport-based magnet school that provides specialized programming for high schoolers who are passionate about the ocean. …
read moreOur team just wrapped up a wonderful weekend at Gloucester Schooner Festival! It's always a treat to share Roseway with the public—and it's even more fun to do so in the company of other beautiful tall ships! Roseway arrived on Friday and took up her place at the Ocea…
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Friday, August 13, 2021 We woke up this morning to a breakfast of bacon and pancakes. Then we did chores and raised the sails. We then motored out of Plymouth and were on our way to Boston. I went out on the headrig for the first time, which was more than a little ne…
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