In most cases Bareboat insurance regulations do not permit you to sail after dark. Exceptions are made in some areas for purposes of making a night crossing in order to make a daylight landfall.

The Schooner Zodiac and Schooner Martha are sail-training vessels and will sail as much as possible. The amount of sailing we do depends on the wind, where we are headed, and the interests of the group. The M/V David B and Snow Goose are power boats and thus not applicable. The Island Odyssey and Island Roamer will try to sail when they can, however their interest is in wildlife viewing first of all.

Dinghy sailing sessions take place 3 weeknights and on weekends all year round. Ruffian sessions take place four weeknights and Sundays from April to October. Evening session run from start of May to mid September. Members can sail in as many sessions as they wish subject to availability. (Additional session will be added if there is a demand).

You will be assigned to a vessel with a fellow student. The Shipboard Training Office makes every effort to pair you with a requested classmate when possible.

If the "extra brightness" box is unchecked, check it. Each monitor is different, and many have differrent distributions of brightness to the naked eye (this is called "gamma").

Visitors aren't allowed to move by themselves in the dark room as it could put the waiters at risk (remember the waiters/guides are blind and need clear walkways to work around the tables). If you wish to move or need to leave the dark room to go to the restrooms for instance, you just have to call your waiter; they will assist you anytime.

Would be fun but, no toilets aren't in the dark! The toilets are located on ground floor level and first floor lounge and are fully lit.

When astronomers add up the masses and luminosities of the stars near the Sun, they find that there are about 3 solar masses for every 1 solar luminosity. When they measure the total mass of clusters of galaxies and compare that to the total luminosity of the clusters, they find about 300 solar masses for every solar luminosity. Evidently most of the mass in the Universe is dark.