Heading Home

We left Belfast around 17:00 Sunday evening. That was late for a port
departure for us, but we had to have a high tide to leave. The tugs
hooked up and pulled us out backwards out of the Victoria Channel and then
turned us around. As we pulled out, we got a clear view of the now
dormant dry dock where the Titanic was built. Steaming ahead, we entered
the North Channel, rounded the Ards Peninsula and headed south into the
Irish Sea toward the Atlantic and home. By Monday evening, we had past the
southern tip of Ireland and left behind our last view of land until we see
Sandy Hook. No more ports for us but home.

Everyone is busy finishing up their work. Finals will begin this week
for the cadets' classes. Projects are due. Things have to be packed up
around the ship. Grades have to be submitted. Final cleaning and repairs
have to be done to make us presentable. There is no down time until July
10th. We can rest when we get back to the Bronx.