Captain's Log

06/01/2004 

The day started with a beautiful morning, showing the passing of the stationary front to the south.  By 1000, the sky was clear and the sun shinning brightly. 

1100 brought the first sight of land, the small Korean Island of Mara Do.  As we got closer, the cadets could see buildings and houses on the island.  You could feel the excitement build, as the ship slowly made it way closer and closer to the entrance to Mokpo Gu, the narrow channel that will lead the ship into Mokpo Hang, the harbor of Mokpo. 

The charts are all prepared for a long pilotage run through the many islands surrounding Mokpo.  We will enter the narrow passages about 0500 and navigate our way through the islands until about 0730 when we will pick up our harbor pilot.  We should dock in Mokpo about 0830.