Fifth-graders from PS 194 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, repeated the cries that once echoed around the busy port of New York as they raised the sail on an 1885 cargo ship during a class trip to Manhattan’s South Street Seaport Museum on Oct. 7.
Teacher Ivis Carrasco (right) from PS 194 in Brooklyn turns the capstan — the machine that reels in the rope for the sails — on board the Wavertree.
Students get to explore this 1885 cargo ship.
Students take turns at the ship’s wheel on board the Wavertree at the South Street Seaport.
A student examines a rope aboard the ship.
Fifth-graders exit the ship’s forecastle, or crew’s quarters.
Teacher Ivis Carrasco (right) from PS 194 in Brooklyn turns the capstan — the machine that reels in the rope for the sails — on board the Wavertree.
Students get to explore this 1885 cargo ship.
Students take turns at the ship’s wheel on board the Wavertree at the South Street Seaport.
A student examines a rope aboard the ship.
Fifth-graders exit the ship’s forecastle, or crew’s quarters.
