What a fantastic week! We had this troop aboard last Spring (2008) and they had such a great time that they came back this Spring. It was so much fun to see some of the “old crew” and have super people in the “new crew”. So together we cranked it out this week with a lot of fantastic sailing, snorkeling several spectacular reefs, did a drift dive, we snorkeled with a pack of 20 eagle rays, swam with turtles, shark, lion fish, sting rays, barracudas, and all kinds of other sea life, played fisbee on beautiful beaches, learned how to clean conch, ate Miss Lola’s delicious cinnamon buns,and enjoyed Hope Town and Man-O-War. Thank you all for another amazing week together. Come again!!
Thank you! ?We love you guys!!
Beautiful Man-O-War cemetary
All smiles after eating Miss Lola’s delicious cinnamon buns!
Yummy Yummy cinnamon buns! ?Thank you Miss Lola!
Off to visit the island of Man-O-War on Thursday morning
Reed, our British Rasta Man….too funny!
Tim doing his comedy routine. ?He was really good and funny!
Brian sang and played a Bob Dylan song. ?He was amazing. ?Proud of you!
Bill playing and singing “American Pie” with the whole crew singing along
Our visitor, Jay, was jamming too!
Singing along with Pirate Joe. ?It was a blast!
Pirate Joe was the hit of the sing-a-longs! ?Thank you
Swimming off Man-O-War Cay
Brian are you sleeping?
Tim ready to jump off the bow sprit.
Chris and JP strumming the guitars while Ciganka is under full sail. ?Pretty awesome!
Hey Max, what’s happenin’?
Come on Laura smile – I know you are having FUN!
Thanks Chuck for all the entertainment!
The drift dive at Iron Cay
What do you see??
The incredible drift dive!
Dive Dive Dive
Ready…..Goooooo!
What a great Crew ready to go do the drift dive at Iron Cay
Oh yeah, you’re cool!
Father and Son really enjoying their time together!
Captain and Crew Chief having fun together! ?Good times!
Kathy and Craig fishing with our new telescopic fishing rods which were a gift from Kathy’s brother, John. ?Thank you!
Wow they really are paying attention to the Captain’s knot tying lesson
Bill and Chris jamming….sounding gooooood!
What is Tim doing now??
Getting ready for another great snorkel!
The water really is this blue. ?Wow!
A smiley face with the dishes….how creative!
Cash how did you get whipped cream on your face??
Nick was our Conch Horn blower again. ?
What a wonderful family – we love you Rudings!
Our great Laura is at the helm with Ciganka sailing fast under full sail!
Thank you to the troop on the “William H. Albury” for sharing some of your conch with us!
Now it is time to taste the conch. ?What does it taste like??
Everyone is watching the Captain clean the conch!
This is the conch meat
Captain Thomas giving a conch cleaning lesson
Yeah Crew!! ?We beat the “William H.” in our sailing race! ?We kicked butt didn’t we?!
Captain Brian and Crew accept the challenge!!
In all his glory, Reed throws out a challenge to a sailing race between the great ship Ciganka and the “William H. Albury”!
We love our stretch limo dinghy!
I can tie a clove hitch…ain’t I somethin’?
Let’s see how do I do this?
Alex ties his clove hitch. ?Good job!
Max ties his clove hitch. ?Good job!
Hey Chris, I love your purple sweat shirt! ?Thank you!!!
Hey Mom, JP does dishes!!
Yes, this is GREAT!
Life is good!
We loved all of Bill’s amazing guitar playing. ?Thank you Bill!
Father and daughter cooking pancakes together…..lots of pancakes!
Thanks Dad, this was a blast!
Craig enjoying his “Joy” shower!
What a good picture! ?Thank you Chuck, Laura, and our Crew Chief Nick! ?What a great family!!
What a bunch of stud muffins! ?Love you guys!
Lot of laughs playing Apples to Apples
Backwinding the staysail. ?Good job Crew!
Staysail crew getting ready to hoist sail
Mainsail Crew hoisting sail. ?Heave ho!
Throat halyard crew Cash and Reed
Mainsail peak halyard crew Max and Brian
Spannker Crew backwinding. ?Tough stuff!
Spannker Crew hoisting sail
Yeah Spannker Crew!
Captain Jack Sparrow??
Wow Laura is cleaning the deck! ?Awesome having you on board!
This year’s picture 2009 – Ya got to love it!
Last year’s picture 2008
Snorkeling on Sandy Cay. ?It was incredible!
Cash is ready to go snorkeling. ?Have fun!
Hay JP are you fishing or are you catching??
Brian, what do you see out there?
What is so interesting?
Nick getting ready to do another flip off the bow sprit. ?He is really good!
What a fantastic father and son pair! ?Wonderful to have you both on board!
JC liked the Easter Egg hunt!
The Easter Bunny was here!
We had an Easter egg hunt
First morning on board – Happy Easter!
JP did a super job as “Squirrel Man”!
Thanks Nick for all you did as Crew Chief!
Hey Nick were top notch in your job as “Point Man” and your leadership as Crew Chief! ?Thank you!
Congratulations to Barrett, our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient! ?You deserve it!
Troop 82 – Wall, NJ