Venturing Crew 685 – Kirkwood, MO
Thank you ALL for an amazing week!!
Venturing Crew 685 – Kirkwood, MO Read More »
Thank you ALL for an amazing week!!
Venturing Crew 685 – Kirkwood, MO Read More »
These guys have become a well oiled sailing machine. And they became conch hunters finding 3 Queen conch that the Captain showed them how to clean them “Admiral” Linda cooked them for dinner that night! Always somethin’ fun goin’ on ~
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Thanks to our photographer extraordinaire, Mr. Scott, he jumped into our dinghy while under sail and took some amazing pictures. Enjoy ~
Great sailing with Venturing Crew 685!! Read More »
We welcome aboard Venturing Crew 685 on Sailing Ship Ciganka in the Bahamas! The whole crew did great on their first snorkel. They were hungry from a long day of travel and enjoyed the roast beef and gravy dinner complete with chocolate cake. Then starting to settle in their sleeping spots for the night. I
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Such impressive young men!! Congratulations Travis and Kennard!
Congratulations to Kennard and Travis our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipients! Read More »
The Captain and I would like to thank this fun, courteous, committed and focused group that truly excelled in every aspect of running our sailing ship! The North Carolina gracious and courteous attitude prevailed as they kicked butt all week long. What an absolute pleasure to be a part of. And thank you Craig Murray
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The amazing Venturing Crew 2235 has gotten sailing down to a fine art. They are kicking it in high gear. Mr. Craig found a mature Queen Conch so Captain Thomas gives a conch cleaning lesson and then everyone got to taste the fresh conch meat. Most of them really liked it! Then off to explore
Sailing, Conching, and More… Read More »
Looking their finest ~ What an impressive CREW!
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Congratulations to Ben our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient!
Congratulations to Ben our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient! Read More »
More great sailing, “Chef” Nick made a delicious conch salad for lunch, we got to see the Bahamian race boat “Abaco Rage” in the Independence Day race, and more fun was had by all!! We want to sincerely thank Troop 22 from Bloomfield, NJ for a week we will never forget!! You guys went above
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Another power packed day with our second Sandy Cay Reef dive. Everyone was in awe of this dive. Ask Dan about the barracuda. Then another sailing tacking into the wind. We ended up at Linyard Cay to hike around the south end of the island at low tide. Because the tide was so low the
8 ft. wide eagle rays, sharks, turtles, sailing, beaching, and finding conch for dinner! Read More »
Boy Scout Troop 22 from Bloomfield, NJ sailing on Ciganka this week showed up with such a ground work of discipline, respect, and “get the job done right” attitude that we are kicking it into high gear!! We are amazed at how they go above and beyond the call of duty at every task. You
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Congratulations to our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient Jesse!
Congratulations to our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient Jesse Read More »
A great morning sail, a fantastic ocean reef snorkel, homemade pizza from Miss Lovely for dinner and a beautiful closing ceremony. What a gift. And we thank each and every one of YOU ~ Oh and thanks for the Girls Scout Thin Mints cookies!!!
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There is so much that could be said about this incredible crew of Girls Scout from Greenwich, CT. But instead we will let the pictures speak for themselves and just say that this week has been priceless ~
Galley Crew made a delicious breakfast of French toast, hot cinnamon apples, sausage, cut up apples and oranges, and orange juice! This morning we had little to no wind so we motored to our snorkel spot. But along the way the Captain gave a knot tying lesson. They learned the clove hitch and bowline. Good
After a great first snorkel and a delicious dinner, we got to celebrate Jesse’s 16th birthday!! She got to celebrate with her good friends on a 78 ft. sailing ship in the Bahamas with a chocolate birthday cake! Happy Birthday Jesse. Captain Thomas helped people get their hammocks secured and ready for a good nights
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Congratulations to Gabe our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient!
Congratulations to Gabe our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient! Read More »
Congratulations to Troop 7 who made the most of their week on board Ciganka! And a heartfelt thank you from “Admiral” Linda for taking such good care of Captain Thomas while she had to fly home to Ohio for a family funeral. “I am sorry I missed our week together but Captain Thomas said they are
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Captain Thomas and I, along with the whole Wayfaring Band Crew congratulates Jeff for being awarded the “Conch Award of Excellence! Jeff always (seriously always) has a helpful, kind, generous, honest, loving attitude towards everyone. He truly is an inspiration!
Congratulations Jeff our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient! Read More »
What a gift you are to us ~
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We literally had no wind all week long which made for great snorkeling but no sailing…..until…..finally Wednesday morning the Wayfaring Band hoisted all 4 sails getting Ciganka under full sail. Great job Crew! Look at us now ~
Sailing on Ciganka…finally! Read More »
Cracked Conch, Fresh Grilled Fish, Bahamian Mac N’ Cheese, Cheeseburger in Paradise along with a lot of laughs was served!
Dinner out at Captain Jack’s in HopeTown Read More »
We decided not to say goodbye to this Yoga crew because we are already planning our week together next year! Such a wonderful, insightful, inspiring, gracious, helpful, kind, loving crew that had a great appetite! We are blessed to have each of you in our lives. Namaste ~
Yoga & Sailing Retreat – Shanti’s Crew Read More »
Yoga on the sailboat, Yoga in the morning at Pete’s Pub in Little Harbour, Sailing, sailing and more sailing, drift dive snorkel, ocean reef dive at Sandy Cay Reef, shallow reef dive at Tilloo, beach walks on Pelican Cay and Linyard Cay, evening meditations and discussions, great fun dingy rides, delicious food every meal….lobster, mahi
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