This summer program presents a quick, three-day Voyage of Discovery. Each day, we'll post dispatches from on board the Half Moon to let you see how our voyage is progressing as our training crew recreates life on Captain Hudson's ship. While waiting for our logs, you can track the progress of the original d'Halve Maen in 1609, as presented in the journal of Robert Juet. (Juet's original spelling has been preserved; note that English spelling in the 17th century did not follow the standardized rules we use today.) From Juet's journal, we know that d'Halve Maen spent the 4th-6th of August 1609 sailing off the coast of Cape Cod, a land Juet described as "very sweet." Like the crew of the original ship, we on the Replica Ship Half Moon have just replaced a section of our masts and we're eager to set sail!
We hope these logs, both past and present, will help you learn about what we're discovering, and something about us, too. Check back often! Click on the dispatches below as they appear to see what we're doing on that day.
