Bali to South Africa – Fall 2024

Welcome to Argo!

Today, the students stepped onboard for the first time, meeting strangers who will soon become the family that carries each other across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope - a real feat for any sailor. Having done this trip last year, I can tell you that it is going to be an absolute blast - from swimming with Whale Sharks, Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles, and Manta Rays (hopefully!) to hiking in gorgeous jungles and mountains, diving in colorful, untouched reefs, bribing Monkeys to not steal your phone, going on Safari, seeing so! Many! Stars!!!, traveling down the Ughulas Current on the East Coast of South Africa as whales and sharks make the same commute, sand boarding down the Atlantis Dunes, and whatever other adventures await us this time around. And while we can't control nature and can't guarantee any of these chance encounters -- we can guarantee one thing that sure, this will all be cool. This could fill a photo album or Instagram page with a million stories. And you'll hear about all of these adventures in the blog. But once everyone gets home, the stories that flow will be about crazy conversations had in the dishy pit, the weird games created on watch to keep us awake from 12-4 am, the squeeze question that made everyone's stomach hurt from laughter, and the jokes that motivate the last group up the mountain on any hike. I can't tell you today what the weird inside joke or tradition from this trip might be, but I can promise you that you probably won't get it, but will probably hear a looooot about it. Because ultimately, we go to cool places, we do cool things, but the experience is about the community created, the friends made, and the laughs shared. The people that you trust to steer the boat as you get rocked to sleep. To guide you as you take your first breaths underwater. To keep each other safe as you take yet another step outside of your comfort zone.

Meet The Staff!

Tomer - Captain, PSCT Instructor, International Man of Mystery, Has A Dwarf Capybara as a Pet (Hamster) (Also A Lie), Would've Become A Rockette If It Wasn't For His Bum Knee
Allie - Program Manager, Mate, Medic, Leadership Instructor, Co-Director of a local indie film project, Perma-Banned From Bali Motorcycle Rental, Recently Saved by Waterbom Bali Search and Rescue Team (Got Stuck In a Waterslide)
Gabe - Chief Mate, Seamanship Instructor, Dive Instructor, Floor Sister, Hair Sauce User, Jazzercise Instructor
Kackie - Mate, Medic, Seamanship Instructor, Co-Director, and Videographer for a local indie film project, Famously Spent Time In A Monastery, Could Put Mrs. Puff's Boating School Out Of Business, Is Patiently Awaiting An Invitation From Andrew Huberman To Speak On The Benefits of Trucker Hats.
Will - Mate, Oceanography Instructor, Packed a 16kg Kettlebell as his carry-on, Floor Sister, Twin of Meg, Has An Australian Man Stalking Him (In A Good Way), Recently Gained A Deep Understanding of Cousin Maury from Cake Boss (Rode in the back of a box truck),
Meg - Dive Instructor, Marine Biology Instructor, Medic, Hot Water Aficionado, Does Neck-only Strength Training (Watches F1), Twin of Will, Could Fit Two of Her in a Gumby Suit
Ben - Dive Instructor, Marine Scientist + Advisor, Hands ON!, Aspiring Disney Princess (Bird Feeder), Thinks Things are Lush, Pyramid Scheme Late-Entrant

NOTE: Students' phones have been collected for the first seven days of the trip! They're not ignoring you and will check in soon. We will have quite limited service on this trip from our departure from Indonesia at the beginning of October until our arrival in Mauritius at the beginning of November.