Location: Falmouth Harbour
To all the family and friends reading, we are all making the most of the time we have left until we see you again. People on this boat are starting to realise how finite our time really is, and going on our last passage today made us a tad bit sentimental. We started today by eating a delicious breakfast made by our head chef, Olympus, and her lovely sous chefs, Nini and Cecily. After breakfast, we kitted up to go on the same wreck dive we did yesterday because the water was gorgeous and we had the time before setting sail. We saw many sergeant majors/Abudefduf saxitilis, angel fish, and more. There were these very territorial small fish that would come up to us and try to bite us, which caused Zac and Bennie to attempt to throw fists in self-defense, but the fish were quicker and would swim away. Once everyone was back on the boat, kits were broken down and put away, it was time for sail prep and the raising of the anchor. Raising the anchor today was quite special because we sailed straight from the anchor instead of using the motor, which we were able to do because of our 3 months of sailing experience! Todays sailing was taxing but incredibly fun because we put up all of our sails excluding the fisherman, and tacked for a few hours which means we would go at an angle from our course and then switch it to be the opposite angle on the other side so we go in a zig zag up our course to catch the wind. It was a lot of good labor that we appreciated, knowing this would be the last time we would do it and be a team putting Argo to work. We then sailed right into Falmouth Harbour, put down our anchor at around 4:30, worked to put the boat to bed, and then set our main boom abeam for a celebratory BOOM SWING!!! Yes, you have that right. We set up the boom swing, and Zac and Calum climbed up the boom to the very top and made a backflip from the incredible height. It is a lot higher than it looks: Talia, Nini, Dave, and I climbed up and hesitated to even jump regularly. After all the fun on the boom, we got out and ate our delectable dinner: chicken piccata with rice/orzo, some bread, and a special gift a brookie!! If a brookie hasnt already been described previously, it shouldve been. It is a brownie batter and chocolate cookie dough mixed together to form a gooey goodness of sunshine and rainbows made with much love from Olympus. Biggest thanks to Olympus for all of your desserts and for sharing your joy of baking!
Also, it needs to be said after I filled in for Nini when she got sick and wrote the infamous line, Who knows, maybe Nini will be filling in for me soon, or something along those lines, I went to bed and woke up with the virus. I joined Nini in her illness and had to take the day off. BUT, let it also be known I had the quickest recovery because I tried to fake-it-til-I made it and drank water the whole day and then slept well. The next morning, I was brand new. Since then, no one else has fallen to the virus, so the saying, save the best for last, might stand true. But really, I hope this illness has ended its reign of terror for good.
Sending all my love to my family and friends! Dad, I cant wait to see you in five days! Mom, I cant wait to see you in 10!