Day 20 28 Jul 2009
Author: Branner G.Location: West End, Tortola
The morning started off trying to find something to eat which was difficult because there wasn't really anything to eat. Then, after that, we went on a dive where Abby proceeded to smash eggs on our heads underwater. Cole really appreciated thatnot! After that, we started the long process of cleaning up. Then we had a barbeque! We then watched a slideshow and passed out on our boat just to wake up at about 4am to leave. Everyone is sad to leave, but very excited for a nice long shower. Overall, I think it is safe to say that this was a trip of a lifetime!! YAHHA!
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Day 19 27 Jul 2009
Author: Kate B.Location: The Bight, Norman Island
Today we dove one of our favourite wrecks, the Fearless. We made a quick journey to Road Town for lunch and shopping after that. Racing the other boats, we sailed over to the Bight in a huge rain storm. After eating a great dinner of pasta biscuits, we are enjoying our final time with each other on the trampoline as we wrap things up writing letters to each other, we reminisce in good times.
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Day 18 26 Jul 2009
Author: Dwight C.Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island
Today we sailed to the Kissing Wrecks (a divesite), near Cooper Island. The Neptunes achieved the wreck diver specialty by penetrating the tugboat at about 80 feet. From there, we sailed back to home (GHP) to eat dinner. Today was a great day for sailing even though the winds slowed down mid-day, but we had questions answered all day by Mike, our skipper. He allowed us to sail it ourselves with his supervision and knowledge.
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Day 17 25 Jul 2009
Author: Julien C.Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island
Today we stopped at the West End port to recharge on fuel and water. We got to go ashore for about 2 hours, to see the cool stores and shops. After that we went and dove "painted walls" at Great Harbour Peter. After the dive we motored over to Sandy Spit, which is a tiny island, to hang out on the beach. Later we got to do an optional night dive at Painted Walls.
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Day 16 24 Jul 2009
Author: Kaitlin L.Location: Sandy Spit, Green Cay
We awoke early today to rush to the playgrounds for our morning fun dive. It was great: lots of swim throughs and caves. We also had our second research dive and the Neptunes had their lecture. We spent the whole afternoon on the beach that looks like a post card picture. Peter got burried in the sand and we shaped a race car around him. It was a fun day. I'm on my way to lifeworks as I'm writing this.
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Day 15 23 Jul 2009
Author: Joshua W.Location: Sidney's, Jost van Dyke
Today we all were up early to get ready to hike Mt. Sage. The hike was long and the path was really steep, but it was fun. After we all sailed over to Sandy Cay to have the sand castle competition: "we won big". After building sandcastles, we sailed to Sidney's and enjoyed some good food, ice cream, and some reggae music. The reggae band was jammin': it was epic!
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Day 14 22 Jul 2009
Author: Alexandra P.Location: Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
Today was an eventful day. We started out with an early breakfast and set sail for our dive spot. Everyone did their second underwater naturalist dive in which we identified symbiotic relationships between sea creatures. We enjoyed a great pancake/crepe lunch cooked by our best chef yet: Anne. Then the Neptunes did a dive at Shark Point, in hopes of seeing some sharks. Two of our shipmates (Cole and Julien) were lucky enough too spot a shark. The Dolphins went turtle tagging. We were joined by Mike M. for our Thai peanut dinner, and finally ended our evening with a sea creature slideshow.
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Day 13 21 Jul 2009
Author: Cole T.Location: Sommer's Beach, Tortola
Today we sailed to a nice private beach. We met up with the other boats from diveside and played ultimate frisby. My team won all three games. Then, the Neptunes learned some rescue techniques from the Rescue shipmates, while the Dolphins hung out on the beach. The Neptunes than had a rescue competition among three different groups. The Bigorneau shipmates won...of course. We then took showers and hung out on the boat. Now we are just about to head over to the beach for the BBQ with all of sailside, and for the lifeworks session. It was another great day in paradise.
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Day 12 20 Jul 2009
Author: Maureen D.Location: Muskmelon Bay, Guana Island
Today we went turtle tagging, while the Neptunes went diving. We caught one turtle and saw a few more that we could not catch. The Neptunes were not able to dive because it was too rough for the dive, so they had a beach day. We snorkelled the night dive site and went night divin on our own! There were some storms but nothing too bad.
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Day 11 19 Jul 2009
Author: Stefano T.Location: Marina Cay
We started our day with no fresh water, but thankfully stopped at Hodges Creek to re-water and change out our sheets. We then headed to Blue Cromis reef, where the Dolphins and Neptunes had an incredible dive. We saw three wrecks and entered one of them. The weather was not that great, with a lot of rain. It was a very windy day, whihc made sailing really fun!
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Day 10 18 Jul 2009
Author: Zachary G-YLocation: Great Harbor, Peter Island
Today was the first sleep-in day, with a wake up at 830. The Dolphins had a snorkel followed by a touch tank, which Mike forgot to mention had fire coral in it, haha. A lot of relaxation occurred later on today, which was refreshing.
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Day 9 17 Jul 2009
Author: Anne-Claire W.Location: Great Harbor, Peter Island
This morning we woke up at 7am. We went to the Rhone for a dive! We then went to Salt Island and hiked. We saw salt lakes where they make the salt,and we brought back one pretty and one ugly thing from our hike. After lunch we snorkelled the night dive site and had a bit of relaxation time. Tonight we had a great ceasar salad and now it's night dive time!
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Day 8 16 Jul 2009
Author: Zachary G-YLocation: Great Harbor, Peter Island
We woke up at 7am and sailed to GHP, which was a 2 hour sail. It was sunny and warm! We had some time to just relax. Today the boy's group figured out what they were going to do for their Dolphin projects and started the process of gathering the information. Somebody lost their mask, so everyone tried to free dive to find it, but to no avail. Cole got to swim again, for the first time after he had got the cut at the Baths. We just had the best meal so far.
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Day 7 15 Jul 2009
Author: Leah S.Location: Vixen Point, Gorda Sound
Today we started off with an amazing batch of french toast and a quick dive after that. We then made a quick stop at port, logging some Internet time and waiting a long time for lunch at a restaurant. We then sailed to Vixen Point, where the Dolphins snorkelled ina mangrove forest and the Neptunes had a lecture. We then had a day off and did some volleyball and windsurfing. We just celebrated Julien's birthday with funfetti cace and are on our way to a beach BBQ! The funniest moment of the day was the boat attempting to learn how to meditate.
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Day 6 14 Jul 2009
Author: Branner G.Location: Mountain Point, Virgin Gorda
We had a great dive at the coral gardens. There was quite a urrent but it was still a lot of fun. We saw a school of baraccudas, a turtle, and other cool things. Our second dive was super, it was at the chimneys and we saw a cow fish. We also discovered pomagranite juice!
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Day 5 13 Jul 2009
Author: Kate B.Location: Mountain Point, Virgin Gorda
Today was the day that we went to the baths! We had a great time. We then went sailing to Mountain Point. It is so much fun to be skipper! We just checked out the area we will be night diving for the first time and got to free dive under some reefs. We are now finishing our veggie burgers and getting ready to dive!
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Day 4 12 Jul 2009
Author: Dwight C.Location: Savanna Bay, Virgin Gorda
Today we dove the sand circles for our Neptune navigation dive, and the Dolphins hiked. The bay is absolutely beautiful. Virgin Gorda looks like an awesome island from the water. We ended up doing reciprocal and square navigation underwater. It was super fun just messing around just messing around with everyone on the boats and we all had a great time!
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Day 3 11 Jul 2009
Author: Julien C.Location: Savanna Bay, Virgin Gorda
We woke up at 6:30, and had a cereal breakfast. Then we dove at Great Harbor Peter. After that we sailed to Road Town, where there were some quick repairs to the engine. We got to spend some time in port and walked around town for a bit. After everything was fixed, we motored over to Savanna Bay and had a nice dinner. It rained twice today for only 5 or 10 minutes, other than that it was sunny and beautiful!
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Day 2 10 Jul 2009
Author: Kaitlin L.Location: White Bay, Peter Island
Today was quite the experience. With little sleep, the crew and staff prepared and left the harbor for our first day of the trip at sea. Today was my first sailing experience and I even got to drive the boat. We also had our first dive, which was a great escape fromm the heat. There wasn't much to see today, but we hear great things about tomorrow and the days to come!!
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Day 1 9 Jul 2009
Author: Kaitlin L.Location: West End, Tortola
All shipmates began arriving today ranging from 3pm all the way to midnight. Everyone completed a swim evaluation, went to check-in, and got all of their dive gear sorted. Since most people arrived late and were jet lagged, we all fell asleep early, after a dinner of tortelini.
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