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| PHOTO OF OUR FORMAL PHOTO! Valentines night. |
Thursday Feb14th
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Kinda tacky port statue!!
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Basic training on the Stars and Stripes Yacht
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| The competition "True North" |
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE. We docked in Cozumel and
joined our excursion. We chose to go on the Americas Cup Yacht “Stars and Stripes”
which won the race in 1987. It was a small group and we were divided into 2
groups. One group went on the yacht “True North” from Canada and one (ours) on
The Stars And Stripes. We were all given jobs to do, although Janice opted to
hold on for dear life and cheer !! Derek was one of two “Main Grinders”. After
a short training stint, we had a shortened Americas Cup race. It was absolutely
amazing, scary and exhilarating. A once
in a lifetime experience. The yacht tilted so much, one side was dragging in
the water, then one flip of the sails and we were over on the other side. A
good time had by all, with rum punch on shore to celebrate. We had lunch at a small restaurant on the
pier before getting back on board. Late
afternoon we popped the cork on a bottle of champagne and totally enjoyed
sitting on the balcony for a couple of hours reading, chatting and sipping as
we left Cozumel and headed on our last leg of the cruise back to Galveston.
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| Taking a break from working the grinders |
It was ‘formal’ night so we got all dressed up again. Dinner in the dining room was wonderful .
Lobster and giant shrimp for Janice, steak for Derek… feeling very privileged.
We were both tired, so after the main show we walk around the ship for a while
then headed back to the room and sat on the balcony.
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| It was scary at first... but so much fun! |
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| Derek (blue shorts) Working hard at the main grinder |
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| Quite the lean!! |
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| WE WON!!! |
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| SIGN IN BAR ON SHORE! |
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| PORTA MAYA, COZUMEL Been there, done that. |
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| LUNCH ASHORE! |
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| WAITER CARRYING DRINKS ON HIS HEAD |
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| HEADING BACK ON BOARD |
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| ENJOYING STEVIE WONDER VIDEO AND THE POOL. |
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| THE OTHER MAIN POOL |
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| DO YOU SEE THE DOLPHIN IN THE SKY??? |
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| VALENTINES RENEWAL OF VOWS CELEBRATIONS |
