The 2009 Atlantic Passages began at approximately noon, eastern daylight time, on Wednesday, May 6, when the Maine Maritime Academy's Training Ship State of Maine (TSSOM)  departed Castine, ME on its annual training cruise.  Engine difficulties, however, required TSSOM to  return to Searsport, ME to await parts and undergo repairs.  At 08:00 on Monday morning, 18 May, TSSOM again headed to sea carrying the mini-boats participating in the 2009 Atlantic Passages.

Five new mini-boats are participating in the 2009 Atlantic Passages.  Their names are: Bluefish, K-Kids Kruiser, Uber Sail, USS C.P.S., and Zenith.

Each mini-boat carries a battery-operated, self-contained AXTracker T3 GPS telemetry device, purchased from iBOATtack.com.  These devices are programmed to transmit via satellite each mini-boat's position at two-hour intervals to iBOATtack.com, where their locations can be viewed.  This information may also be viewed using Google Earth as below:

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During their annual training exercises, the Training Ship State of Maine launched each mini-boat from the following sites in the 2009 Atlantic Passages program:

Site #1  Bluefish was the first mini-boat to be launched from TSSOM on May 22 approximately 250 nautical miles east of Charleston/Savannah: Latitude 32° 51.3 North, Longitude 74° 19.6 West.

Site #2  USS C.P.S. was launched from TSSOM on June 02 approximately 360 nautical miles northeast of San Jan, Puerto Rico: Latitude  23° 0'20.54" North, Longitude  61°27'15.62" West.

Site #3  Uber Sail was launched at 8:00 AM EDT from TSSOM on June 08 approximately 536 nautical miles south of San St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada at Latitude: 38°24'45.65" North, Longitude: 52°15'6.46" West. 

Site #4  Zenith was launched at 4:00 PM EDT from TSSOM on June 09 approximately 268 nautical miles south-southwest of San St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada at Latitude: 43° 4'0.38" North, Longitude:  53°50'16.90" West.

Site #5  K-Kids Kruiser was launched on, June 19 at 11:15 AM EDT about 200+ miles East of Cape Hatteras when TSSOM was south and east of the Gulf Stream as she traveled to Baltimore.

Contact Richard Baldwin for details and additional information.

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