Location: Ille Forche
Awesome day today of all-around fun. We woke up docked at St Barth’s, and after a visit from divers to uncross our anchor, we were out of the harbor sailing. It felt good to have the breeze run through our hair and be out on the water again after a couple of days docked onshore. We shook off all the “shore funk” with sailing drills on our way to Ile Fourche. Watch teams traded off between manning the helm and the main, the foresail and the headsails, practicing tacking, jibing, and even a man overboard drill. As soon as we had anchored at Ile Fourche and eaten lunch, we set out diving our last research dives. The water was refreshing after our fun in the sun, and the reef we dove in was fairly cool as well. John, Devin, James, and I all saw some very cool aquatic life, including barracudas, groupers, a phase white spotted filefish, and a stingray. After the dives, we didn’t have any classes, so everyone got a chance to relax and chill out, which is always welcome here in the Caribbean. Beats cooked up another good dinner as well, this time some deluxe baguette sandwiches. After dinner, we’ll be watching the Life Aquatic, which should be even more enjoyable since we’ve seen some of the Jacques Cousteau. Bill Murray is always a blast, so it should be a good time. All in all, today was a great day, but we have to make sure we get a good night’s sleep as we’re doing a sunset hike in the morning.