We have had a busy few days!! First, we officially started the Selene rendezvous, which is organized by the Selene owners group. This is a group of Selene boat-owners, who got 20 Selene boats (which is the make of our boat Auriga) together in the Bahamas! We have had 3 days of solid parties and activities with the entire group of roughly 40 people on the 20 boats. What fun we have had. Add to that our friends John and Travis Woolcott arrived on Sunday, March 14th from Cambridge Mass. They have been cruising with us for the last few days. They are heading back on the 20th of March.
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| A shark waiting for a handout! |
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| Aerial photo shoot! |
The ladies at the rendezvous organized yoga-on-the-beach, and Travis and I participated. We had a great time, and have met many wonderful, interesting, friendly people, all who own boats similar to ours.
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| Selene convoy |
Chris has been trying to get his hair cut since we left Florida. Finally, after much soul-searching, he decided to get the same haircut as our friend Dirk. We met Dirk and Nancy at Spanish Wells, and caught up with them again for dinner at Compass Cay. I was thinking of putting a sign on Auriga “Haircuts by Irina”…..!!
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| Haircuts by Irina |
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| Identical twins....???? |
We traveled from Warderick Wells to Staniel Cay, then to Compass Cay, and now we are tucked into a fabulous marina at Sampson Cay. Today we took the dinghy for a long ride around the island, and went snorkeling. We also went for a long walk this afternoon, and worked up a serious thirst for cocktail hour.
The best event of the rendezvous was on the last day. All 20 boats in the party went out into open water, and formed two “V” formations, one behind the other, and we had an airplane take many photos of our formation. It was an unbelievable experience!
Tomorrow we are heading for Blackpoint Settlement, a bit further south. On Sunday, we head back to Staniel Cay to drop our friends off for their flight. From there, we will make our way to Georgetown, which is probably going to be our “farthest south” destination.
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| The hunter gatherers... |
Our internet reception has been very spotty, so we are only able to update the blog when we can get online, which isn’t often. We hope to send another update through next week.
Are you sure it is spotty internet reception or are you just having too much fun to spend time online???
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