ISEA 2019 Summer Transits

Reaching further, connecting across the Great Lakes basin

Transits with Inland Seas Education Association

"After making this challenging jump from racing and cruising sloops to SchoolShip and schooner sailing, the transits brought me back into my element. I’ve sailed long transits, some longer than a month. So for me, the few days Inland Seas spent sailing here and there were easy-peasy. Those transits became a wonderful opportunity for really getting to know fellow crew. So many new friendships were made better during these transits, and if anything, those voyages felt not long enough for the fun we were all having. Everyone got along well. Everyone was eager to learn. Just as during the SchoolShip season, the constant up-coaching was inspiring. Particularly joyful was watching our interns go from knowing almost nothing about sailing to being real assets aboard the ship—in only a few days. And what about Emma’s incredible eyesight?! I saw other crew come aboard and experience similar transformations. It takes a special kind of leadership to inculcate the positive attitude and enthusiasm that universally abounds with ISEA." -Bob Fox, Mate

Suttons Bay to Harbor Springs - Utopia

6/25/2019 - 6/28/2019

Suttons Bay to Hessel - Inland Seas

6/30/2019 - 7/3/2019

Hessel to Detroit - Inland Seas

7/5/2019 - 7/9/2019

"The may flies were fierce in Cederville" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT

High water was found throughout the Great Lakes

Detroit to Cleveland - Inland Seas

7/10/2019 - 7/15/2019

Cleveland

Cleveland Tall Ship Festival Public Sail (Video Credit: Linda Glover)

Suttons Bay to Green Bay, WI - Inland Seas and Utopia

7/24/2019 - 7/29/2019

 "In Green Bay, I was approached by one of the volunteers assigned to another boat. “Your boat,” he said of the Inland Seas, “has the happiest crew here!” What a thrill it is to be apart of that!" - Bob Fox, Mate

Transit to Green Bay, WI

Raising anchor in a safe harbor of Washington Island. Beautiful morning, calm water and Utopia off of Inland Seas' stern.

Utopia off the stern of Inland Seas

Washington Island

Camaraderie and boat checks!

Frank conducting a boat check

2014 Green Bay transit

2019 Green Bay transit

Captain Lily at the Helm

Green Bay, WI off the bow of Inland Seas

Inland Seas arriving to Green Bay, WI

Green Bay Tall Ship Festival

Opening Ceremonies

Plankton pull from the Fox River

Fish Lice

Transit to Sturgeon Bay

Full Sails

Parade of Sails

Sturgeon Bay to Escanaba - Utopia

7/31/2019 - 8/3/2019

Escanaba to Duluth to Suttons Bay - Utopia

8/3/2019 - 8/21/2019

"Jillian got us on a tour of the University of Minnesota Duluth's research vessel. Although I do not consider myself a "scientist", I got excited when I saw their data collection tools! Many of them looked familiar to those found with ISEA's programs. Participants [onboard Inland Seas] are getting a feel of collegiate research experience. WOAH!" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT

PONAR

Plankton Net

"We stayed over night in the Apostle Islands. At one point we could see FIVE lighthouses!" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT

Apostle Islands (Video Credit: Amanda Williams)

Entering the Houghton Channel

Utopia underway

Utopia on Lake Superior (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)

Lake Superior (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)

Cooking onboard a moving tall ship! (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)

Utopia going through the Soo Locks (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)

Thank you for a fantastic summer season!

"All of this was enough to have made this one of the best summers of my life—and I’ve had some good ones... A most memorable moment came during the adult sail with the Fountain Bay Expeditionary Team. After a night and day of sailing in big storms, when we hadn’t been able to stick to the planned program, a huge squall had just rolled through while we anchored in the lee of High Island, and then the sun came out. After blowing for hours, it was suddenly calm and everyone brought their instruments up on deck and started playing; a few minutes into the music there appeared the biggest, most beautiful, and longest lasting rainbow I’ve ever seen! Both ends of that rainbow were right there sparkling in the water on each side of the Inland Seas. I looked around the boat, and looked at where I was and who I was with, and in that moment I really felt I’d found a pot of gold." - Bob Fox, Mate

Upcoming ISEA Cafes

    Wednesday December 18, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

    “Invasive Species and Recent Changes in the Lake Michigan Food Web”

    • Special Guest: Steve Pothoven, Research Fish Biologist, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - NOAA
    • Bring any questions you have had about what we teach on the ship or the Great Lakes in general. Steve is looking forward to answering questions about the current state of Lake Michigan and having a discussion about the future of the Great Lakes

  • December 18, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Changes in the Great Lakes Food Web
  • January 15, Time TBD Ship Culture, History, and Way of the Ship
  • February 12, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Book Discussion, "The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas" by Jerry Dennis

Utopia off the stern of Inland Seas

Washington Island

Frank conducting a boat check

2014 Green Bay transit

2019 Green Bay transit

Captain Lily at the Helm

Inland Seas arriving to Green Bay, WI

Opening Ceremonies

Plankton pull from the Fox River

Fish Lice

Full Sails

PONAR

Plankton Net

Entering the Houghton Channel