June 6, 2007
Every couple of weeks during the Maine Maritime Academy training cruise, on a day when the State of Maine is away from port, they have what they call a holiday.
It's not a federally recognized holiday, but it might as well be for the students and crew at sea. Once the morning chores are done, everyone but a core group needed to run the ship takes the rest of the day to re-charge their batteries.
It's a day when they don't have to worry about training and classes and uniforms and the instructors don't have to worry about teaching. They even get to wear civilian clothes.
Some relax on the fourth-floor deck, known as the
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