More photos from the Mexican Sail Training Vessel

Check out the shiny brass, lots on this ship to keep sparkling!

More hats.  

Cadets waiting to climb the rigging.  

Big job feeding everyone.

Always work to be done.  

A few more photographs as I was wandering around the ship.  Cadets were relaxed, welcoming & ready to go.  A few were double-checking lines.  The boat was spotless & polished -- lots of work!  They were just waiting for the visitors to leave and to pull in the lines.  I learned that it is traditional for the home town Navy to cast off the lines from shore.   Our Navy was here to do that & the Mexican Navy pulled them in.  

Final good-bye.  Heading out of the Bay for Seattle.