The
day before the wedding, we took everyone out for a sail aboard
Avatar. We went from Cooks bay, out the pass and back into D'Opunohu
Bay. Here is Linda at the helm, with Chuck, Dad and Mom supervising.
Tehani
and Scott were along as well. No one wanted to miss out!
Jaye
explaining something, on the sail aboard Avatar.
Cousin
Mike is acting like he understands what she is saying ;-).
We
loaded Windsome's dinghy on the fordeck so we could get everyone to
the Ray feeding and Shark swimming destination. We anchored in the
shadow of Magic Mountain, near the underwater tiki dive. Chuck was
nice enough to stay aboard on anchor watch (I think he really wanted
some peace and quite for a nap!) Avatar's dinghy had Dad, Mike, Mom,
Scott, Tehani and me aboard.
Not
far behind was the Windsome dinghy with Jaye, Linda, Irwin, Kevin and
Mike.
Scott
and Tehani were having fun, finally being together again after
several months apart. (He is a chef on a mega yacht)
We
have been to this amazing spot several times before, but it was back
in July. There was a bit more current in the water and it was deeper
than I remembered. Still a must do when coming to Moorea!!
Kevin
touches his first ray.
Tehani
and Jaye with a ray and some needle fish.
Dad
touches a ray, while Mom hangs on to the dinghy.
Linda
pets a ray.
Karen
(Mom) backing up from a ray. (I don't think she was too keen on it!)
A
ray swims right at Dad and Tehani.
A
black tip shark swims by.
Shelly
feeding a ray.
Linda
and Dad scope out the sharks swimming around. Notice they are
holding on to tag lines from the dinghies because of the current.
Chip
(Dad) swims above a ray.
Linda
with a lot of sharks in the background!!
Tehani
and Scott enjoying the water.
A
local guy had some fresh tuna scraps. No wonder they left us with
our sardines from a can!!
Shelly
and Kevin pet a ray.
Black
tip sharks do not bother people, they are just hoping for some left
overs from the rays!
Sharks
and rays are fun! They're everywhere, they're everywhere!
Kevin,
so cool, hangin out with the sharks!
Bodies
and rays.
A
good shot of the ray's mouth and belly.
Another
local with better food than ours. Kevin saying, “woah dude!”
Kevin
saying, “Oh no, this one wants to kiss me!”
Tehani
in the dinghy.
Back
in Cooks Bay, the crew tries to put up the flags for the bride's big
day, but the flags did not want to cooperate and broke a string.
Chuck was generous enough to be the one to go up and pull down the
lost flags and halyard.
The
deck crew watches Chuck's bravery.
In
the end, we hung those flags from the lifelines but the groom made
sure all the flags were flying on our ship for the wedding day!
Thanks honey!!
