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Itasca wrapped up for some painting. Final rush in Jacksonville
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Cameron growing his beard. Jacksonville, Fl
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Billey taking a breather in the last days of our Jacksonville shipyard period
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It begins
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The World Map in the crew mess showing us just how far we have to go
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Billey deflates the fenders as we follow a US Navy destroyer out of Jacksonville, FL
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Leaving Jacksonville, FL enroute Mar del Plata, Argentina. Only 23 more days and 6100 nautical miles to go
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Sunrise east of the Caribbean
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Sunrise east of the Caribbean
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Crossing the Equator
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Just about to cross south of the equator
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The Christmas Watch!
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Christmas Day on Itasca
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Getting ready to make a call home on Christmas day at sea.
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After 18 days at sea, things start to blur.
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Beautiful sunrise out my window on the 4-8 watch. I think I saw the sunrise and sunset for over 20 consecutive days!
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Late Sunset over the South Atlantic as Itasca steams toward Mar del Plata.
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The day I saw the Green Flash at sunrise, I tried to see it again at sunset. Not a chance! This was taken a few hundred miles southeast of Montevideo, Uruguay on New Year's Eve
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South American Sea Lion. These things smell absolutely horrendous. If you'll notice, there is a dead, dehydrated one just to the right. It had been there for at least a year.
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Local swill. Closest thing to a national beer
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Land ho! First sight of land in 23 days as we pull into Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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Going out for a day at the beach. Mar del Plata.
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The Ship grave yard in Mar del Plata.
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Sunset at La Caseta beach. Mar del Plata is Argentina's busiest beach resort
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On the beach. Mar del Plata
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Riding the bus back from the beach in Mar del Plata
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Menu from a good parrilla in Mar del Plata
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This dead sea lion just wouldn't go away. The stench was pretty bad.
