United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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Up and down Parallelogram in action FIRST LONG CRUISE With only scant premonitions of what was to transpire in the ensuing seventy days we stuffed our seabags and scrambled aboard. Seasickness? Not us! Weren ' t we old salts with a short cruise already behind us? Four on, eight off one day, instructions the next, gave a welcomed full night ' s sleep every second night. Duty days were always long; watches became routine. What ' s your course? What ' s your heading? Mind your helm! After all, the Cadet OD had to have some func- tion. The first subject of instruction consisted of committing to memory the pinrail diagrams we had studied during indoctrination periods. In- struction, too, became routine. Spend the forenoon setting sail, the afternoon starting the handybilly, and the evening taking in sail. That is, except in the event of inclement weather. In that case, break out foul weather gear, polish brass all morning, and holystone the decks all afternoon. In between times, for example, during the half hour between noon and quarters, there was plenty of work to do in locating the answers to the questions in the cruise notebook. Still, just once in a while, a card game managed to get started. Preview of things to come. don ' t feel so — ooops-

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i The streets of New London Friday night storms become more violent, and eyes wandered from the boat more frequently. On Armed Forces Day we paraded the streets of JVew London; it was a tiring march, but a source of pride. While not daring to look, we couldn ' t help imagining the beautiful girls crowding the Ah, beautiful gold sidewalks to admire us. Spring came to New London late — as usual. It brought another week of final exams, the gala activities of June Week, and hurried preparations for that long trip across the broad expanse of the North Atlantic. Two timer 27

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Attention on deck .9 %»? ' ■i 1 Makin like a native The Dirty Dutchmen First Class Hangout