Just Can't Get Enough!

We had a great dive experience on the wreck of the RMS Rhone, she sank in 1867 and was the first ship deemed "unsinkable." Our first dive was on the bow section of the wreck, the kids were all old enough this time to go all the way down, 90 feet deep. Between dives we heard the story of the ship and saw a big sea turtle off the back of the dive boat. We learned that "sleep tight" or the British version,"tucked up tight" came from the passengers on board ships being tied into their beds at night so they wouldn't fall out. Another fun fact is the origin of the word "posh." A POSH fare on a ship was the most expensive and stood for Port Out Starboard Home, they would be on the side of the ship with the best airflow and views both ways.

After scuba diving and lunch, we sped downwind at speeds of up to 9.7 knots to Norman Island for our last night. Because of the strong winds, instead of jibing we did a 360 to move the sail over to the other side of the boat. We picked up a mooring along the shore and set out to snorkel. We saw lots of fish, the highlights were a couple of eels, a sea turtle, a school of 6 barracuda and a big angelfish, but John couldn't find the octopus this year.
We returned to the boat to discover that we had run our last water tank dry. We wiped the sea salt off of our bodies and sat down to enjoy cheese and crackers and the ice cream treats that we purchased from Deliverance, the grocery boat that came by. It was a great day of underwater adventure, but we were all exhausted!

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Scuba with Britton

At 9:00 this morning we got picked up by Dive BVI's boat, Sea Monkey. We did a quick review and got right into the water. Once we were down, it was really easy and pretty. My favorite fishy things were the honeycomb trunkfish, peacock flounder, goldentail moray, queen angelfish, HUGE hermit crab and the lobsters. My favorite parts of the wreck were the lucky porthole, Captain Willy's spoon and the crow's nest. My favorite parts of the dive were the swim throughs, they were a great new experience!

 

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Scuba with Griffin

The dives were great, it was great to scuba dive again! My first dive I saw lots of cool fish, my favorites were seeing the lobsters, a huge grouper, an angelfish and a really cool peacock flounder. My favorite part was the swim through of the bow. Going through, it was amazing to see all of the cool schools of fish and the inside of the wreck, it was like a maze. The second dive was cool too. We dove the stern of the Rhone. My favorite fish were the moray eel, the lobster and the puffer fish. We also did a swim through by the rudder, it wasn't as long but it was still amazing! It was an amazing experience!

 

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Scuba with Carter

I couldn't clear my ears on the first so I wasn't able to go on that dive. I wish I would have because it sounded like fun, but I got to hang out with Rudy and listen to his shark stories.

The second dive took me some time to get to the bottom but once I was there I was fine. One of my favorite fishes was a peacock flounder. I also saw a huge trunkfish swimming above me. When we went on the swim through the propeller, there was a big school of squirrelfish. Our dive master was messing with a moray eel, she was trying to poke it, I think. She also poked a big lobster with her pen. It was fun!

 

 

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Scuba with Nick

After I jumped off the glorious dive boat, Sea Monkey and descended 90 feet to the bow section of the RMS Rhone, I saw a gigantic queen angelfish. I swam through the hull of the boat where I saw several schools of fish swimming around me. On the way out I swam up through the escape hatch used in the movie, The Deep.
In between dives we were informed on the story of the RMS Rhone and we saw a huge sea turtle before going back down on a second dive at the stern section of the wreck. We saw a lot of neat fish, some huge lobsters and the lucky porthole where the only surviving passenger escaped. My favorite part of the second dive was seeing a huge spotted moray eel. I headed up only to run out of shower water while washing my hair.

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Double Rainbow

It was a crazy windy night in Manchioneel Bay, the boat was spinning on the mooring all night. We had some rain showers in the morning but they were followed by a magnificent double rainbow.

 

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Chocolate Extravaganza Fail

We ordered the Chocolate Extravaganza for dessert at the Cooper Island Beach Club. Parts were really good and parts were really bad, the chocolate quantity was a bit lacking, and we came up with a few alternate names for it:

Banana Nightmare, Going into the Danger Zone, Hot Mess and False Advertising.

 

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