Thursday 9 October 2008

Operation: EYE OF THE STORM (Day 4)

Jeff got up this morning to do a little fishing when he noticed some thrashing in the water. A bunch of us left some hooks baited overnight and one of them caught a remora! Check out the sucker on it's head, it looks like a boot print. LOL!!! I kept calling it a lamprey, but I was mistaken. There's Andrew removing the hook from it's mouth. It was time to leave the Peter Island Resort. Andrew cut up the remora to use as bait. Jeff was at it again. There's the Wildcat on our port. Time to start sailing! Our captain and his mate... I just got burnt to a crisp on this trip. The crew of the Offshore Haven... Fatty designed our shirts. The guys on the Wildcat kept calling us the Rainbow Crew. LOL!!! Nicholas and his crew tacking... Lila posing with the Wildcat in the background... Fatty kept calling this place Iron Man's house, But I thought it looked much more like Jabba the Hutt's lair. Andy and James... Mike, our butler... Sitting at the helm for a bit... Tacking starboard... Sleeping time... Fatty found "the best seat in the house" on our boat. Here he is swinging on the bow line below of the Offshore Haven as we sailed. Please do not attempt this at home. (Viewer discretion is advised.) The Offshore Haven's babe... Jeff leading Fatty and Mike through the P90X Workout... Mike... Andy... Captain Fatty at the helm... The Wildcat approaches... Here they come! And they got a little to close for comfort. LOL!!! No damage done. Clear sailing ahead... I think I found another passion in life. Sailing is awesome!!! "Thar she blows!!!" Maxin' relaxin'... Fatty on the bow... Lila modeling... The Wildcat again... Boo... Captain Serious dropped the sails and turned on the motors. We were off to the island of Virgin Gorda. My Jack Dawson impression... I'm outta Coke, gotta refill! We finally docked at the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour. It was time for everyone to restock on groceries. Our vessel, the Offshore Haven... Using Andrew as my model... I made sure to christen a toilet at every harbour we stopped at on this trip. LOL!!! I spotted a little lizard on the sidewalk. It looked like this guy was sporting a new tail. Jason with one of the sketchy locals... Thanks to some of the guys talking to the locals, we were able to organize scooter rentals for the following day. A woman at the bar made a few phone calls and told us there would be 13 scooters waiting for us here at 10:00 am tomorrow. So rad!!! Andrew in the sun... Jonas enjoying a pina colada... I found some rum cake at the local convenience store! Yay!!! The sun began to set. Our captains discussing the plans for tonight... The Wildcat crew were off on their dinghy because they moored outside of the harbour. Some evening shots of our boat docked... The Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour at night. Later that evening, we all made a trip to a very popular tourist attraction called the Baths. We walked at first, but along the way, we were able to pay some local to use his van as a taxi. Jeff, Fatty, and Lila on top of one of the many giant rocks. We did some exploring in the cave pools. These shots were taken by Fatty's camera on a night view setting. It was so damn dark that some of us couldn't continue the trek. Plus, Mike freaked us out when he looked at the waves crashing in on the caves and yelled, "The tides coming in! We could get trapped in here!" A bunch of scrambled out of there. LOL!!! There girls were not impressed by the adventurous Kleider brothers. WTF?!? Thanks to the local with the van, we returned to the dock. He actually came back to pick us up! Check it out. They have big cockroaches like in the Philippines.

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