Day 7 – Last Day On The Boat
Saturday was the last day on the boat. We had to get out
to the reef early if they wanted to get in a dive and go sailing. Everyone had
to be up at 06:30, which was hard for this group. It was quite cool up on deck.
The coldest morning so far…a balmy 65. A bit cool when there’s a good breeze
blowing. We had a quick cold breakfast then headed out. The deck crew got the
sails up in the channel and we headed out into the ocean under sail. We sailed
around while Captain Denny filled tanks for our dive. We ended up at the
Haystacks of Western Sambo. The difference this time was the fair visibility;
about 20 ft compared to the 50-60 ft. before. The crew got in and they all met
me on the bottom where I awarded them with their High Adventure Patches. Jenna
was snorkeling with Patrick and later he dove down to meet me to receive his
patch.
On the ride back in from the dive the crew busied
themselves with packing their personal and dive gear. Usually crew slow down at
this point because they’re going home but this bunch stayed on task. We docked
the boat and immediately began unloading everything; personal gear, scuba gear,
tanks, ice chests…just about anything that wasn’t tied down, and even some
things that were. Captain Denny likes the Conch Pearl to get a thorough
cleaning after each trip. The same thing was happening below decks with Captain
Holley. The van and trailer arrived to take us back to FSB so as soon as the
boat was clean the crew busied themselves with loading the trailer. When
everything was packed the crew took a few photos, said their final goodbyes to
the boat and crew and loaded the vans for the 1 ½ hour trip back to FSB. On the
way back we once again made a required stop at Baby’s Coffee.
As soon as the trailer made it back to FSB Jenna had the
crew start unloading. There was still a lot to do. The scuba was cleaned and
hung up to dry and then the crew was turned loose for a few hours. Right before
flags we met at the scuba area to gather up all of the gear to be checked back
in.
Flags was very crowded. It was the busiest week of the
Spring season. After flags the departing crews played Luau games then had Luau
dinner. After dinner the crews all presented a skit, except for our crew. I’ll
let the leaders of the crew tell that story.
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