The historic schooner Bowdoin set sail last week for the Arctic Circle, its first voyage there since 2008. Originally built as an Arctic exploration vessel in 1921, Bowdoin was first
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“It felt like we’d struck a rock,” Josh says. In the dark, they saw something sliding down the side of the boat. “It was bobbing up and down like an iceberg,” Erin recalls. That’s when they realized it was the bow of a submerged boat.
Hindu was taking on water. “It was horrifying,” Erin says. “I was in shock. It didn’t occur to me that we could go down.” The collision had caused the plank-on-frame hull to spring a leak. They called the Coast Guard, but after assessing the situation Josh felt the bilge pumps could handle it until they got to Cape Cod.