Catamaran Trip Report - Part 2
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:01 am
Monday, 4/27 – We woke up around 6:30 am. Waking up early seems to be as natural on a boat as going to bed early does. Keith and Sydney always beat Kellee and Rick & me up in the morning, however. Those two worked so hard to show us newbies a good time! So much appreciated!!! You can tell that both Sydney and Keith are doing what they love, and they do it with such expertise!
This morning we had bagels & cream cheese (or peanut butter or jam or all three!), with some yummy Pecan coffee that Sydney brought from Canada. Even Rick, who doesn’t normally like flavored coffees, liked it! There’s something about breakfast at 7 am on a catamaran in Caneel Bay that makes everything taste better somehow! The island is so quiet and the birds and turtles are just waking up. I’m lovin’ this!
HONEYMOON BEACH
SALOMON BEACH
Once we got everything ship-shape, we headed over to Maho Bay to pick up our “day-sailors” Bevm, Crash and their friends Carolyn & Griff, who had just gotten engaged the night before. Keith & Sydney moored the boat and Keith took the tender into shore and picked everyone up.
LEAVING CANEEL
CRASH, GRIFF & CAROLYN ARRIVE
BEV ARRIVES
CAROLYN'S ENGAGEMENT RING
It was an incredibly FUN day!! We sailed from Maho Bay over to Leinster Bay and Waterlemon Cay. Sydney, Kellee, Crash, Bev, Carolyn and I all got into the water. I opted not to swim over to the Cay because I had had a little too much rum (or too many Jello shots!), but Sydney, Kellee & Steve snorkeled over and saw a few good things including starfish, assorted Southern stingrays, and an Eagle ray, in spite of murky, algae-filled water. Bev, Carolyn & I hung out in the water on noodles, again and talked and talked and got to know each other. Carolyn said something bit her so she got out of the water, and sure enough, she had a couple of little red marks on her thigh. They went away fairly quickly, and we still don’t know what it was.
Once everyone was back on the boat, we set to some epic partying! Bev & Carolyn brought a 7-layer dip, a big bag of those wonderful blue corn chips and JELLO SHOTS! And we already had 2 coolers full of soft drinks and beer and several bags of chips.
I am proud to say that I am no longer a jello shot virgin, and even Rick, my non-drinker, was de-flowered! Of course, Kellee’s pole dance and Crash’s full moon to the Caneel Ferry are famous now!! If you haven’t seen the video of Kellee’s pole dance, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoGE6DxtBMA
Kellee re-designed her Forum t-shirt with help from Bev & Crash, who ended up with some fine blue fashion accessories!
We laughed our butts off and had one of the best times ever that day!! Somewhere along the way we thought it was a good idea to feed the seagulls! If we held up bits of bread just right, they would snatch it out of your fingers on the fly!
As the day began to turn from afternoon into evening we headed back over to Maho to drop off Bev & Crash and Carolyn & Griff.
BYE YOU GUYS! WE HAD FUN!
We stayed in Maho Bay that night and I edited a few pictures for the forum and put them plus Kellee’s video on a flash key to upload the next time we had Internet access. We had chicken wraps for dinner and hit the sack about 8:30.
This morning we had bagels & cream cheese (or peanut butter or jam or all three!), with some yummy Pecan coffee that Sydney brought from Canada. Even Rick, who doesn’t normally like flavored coffees, liked it! There’s something about breakfast at 7 am on a catamaran in Caneel Bay that makes everything taste better somehow! The island is so quiet and the birds and turtles are just waking up. I’m lovin’ this!
HONEYMOON BEACH
SALOMON BEACH
Once we got everything ship-shape, we headed over to Maho Bay to pick up our “day-sailors” Bevm, Crash and their friends Carolyn & Griff, who had just gotten engaged the night before. Keith & Sydney moored the boat and Keith took the tender into shore and picked everyone up.
LEAVING CANEEL
CRASH, GRIFF & CAROLYN ARRIVE
BEV ARRIVES
CAROLYN'S ENGAGEMENT RING
It was an incredibly FUN day!! We sailed from Maho Bay over to Leinster Bay and Waterlemon Cay. Sydney, Kellee, Crash, Bev, Carolyn and I all got into the water. I opted not to swim over to the Cay because I had had a little too much rum (or too many Jello shots!), but Sydney, Kellee & Steve snorkeled over and saw a few good things including starfish, assorted Southern stingrays, and an Eagle ray, in spite of murky, algae-filled water. Bev, Carolyn & I hung out in the water on noodles, again and talked and talked and got to know each other. Carolyn said something bit her so she got out of the water, and sure enough, she had a couple of little red marks on her thigh. They went away fairly quickly, and we still don’t know what it was.
Once everyone was back on the boat, we set to some epic partying! Bev & Carolyn brought a 7-layer dip, a big bag of those wonderful blue corn chips and JELLO SHOTS! And we already had 2 coolers full of soft drinks and beer and several bags of chips.
I am proud to say that I am no longer a jello shot virgin, and even Rick, my non-drinker, was de-flowered! Of course, Kellee’s pole dance and Crash’s full moon to the Caneel Ferry are famous now!! If you haven’t seen the video of Kellee’s pole dance, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoGE6DxtBMA
Kellee re-designed her Forum t-shirt with help from Bev & Crash, who ended up with some fine blue fashion accessories!
We laughed our butts off and had one of the best times ever that day!! Somewhere along the way we thought it was a good idea to feed the seagulls! If we held up bits of bread just right, they would snatch it out of your fingers on the fly!
As the day began to turn from afternoon into evening we headed back over to Maho to drop off Bev & Crash and Carolyn & Griff.
BYE YOU GUYS! WE HAD FUN!
We stayed in Maho Bay that night and I edited a few pictures for the forum and put them plus Kellee’s video on a flash key to upload the next time we had Internet access. We had chicken wraps for dinner and hit the sack about 8:30.