July 2016

What a great sailing crew!  Thanks ~

We and his Father are very proud!

The BEST snorkeling, beaching, conching, knot tying lessons, and island exploring!  We are expecting wind tomorrow ~ (Notice the amazing clouds in the pictures)

Congratulations to Michael our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient.  We are proud of you!

Thank you ALL for an amazing week!!

These guys have become a well oiled sailing machine.  And they became conch hunters finding 3 Queen conch that the Captain showed them how to clean them “Admiral” Linda cooked them for dinner that night!  Always somethin’ fun goin’ on ~

Thanks to our photographer extraordinaire, Mr. Scott, he jumped into our dinghy while under sail and took some amazing pictures.  Enjoy ~

More snorkeling, a hike on Man-O-War, and a drift dive off of Tilloo Cay

We welcome aboard Venturing Crew 685 on Sailing Ship Ciganka in the Bahamas!  The whole crew did great on their first snorkel.  They were hungry from a long day of travel and enjoyed the roast beef and gravy dinner complete with chocolate cake.  Then starting to settle in their sleeping spots for the night.  I

Such impressive young men!!  Congratulations Travis and Kennard!

The Captain and I would like to thank this fun, courteous, committed and focused group that truly excelled in every aspect of running our sailing ship!  The North Carolina gracious and courteous attitude prevailed as they kicked butt all week long.  What an absolute pleasure to be a part of.  And thank you Craig Murray

The amazing Venturing Crew 2235 has gotten sailing down to a fine art.  They are kicking it in high gear.  Mr. Craig found a mature Queen Conch so Captain Thomas gives a conch cleaning lesson and then everyone got to taste the fresh conch meat.  Most of them really liked it!  Then off to explore

Looking their finest ~ What an impressive CREW!

Congratulations to Ben our “Conch Award of Excellence” recipient!

More great sailing, “Chef” Nick made a delicious conch salad for lunch, we got to see the Bahamian race boat “Abaco Rage” in the Independence Day race, and more fun was had by all!!  We want to sincerely thank Troop 22 from Bloomfield, NJ for a week we will never forget!!  You guys went above

Another power packed day with our second Sandy Cay Reef dive.  Everyone was in awe of this dive.  Ask Dan about the barracuda.  Then another sailing tacking into the wind.  We ended up at Linyard Cay to hike around the south end of the island at low tide.  Because the tide was so low the

Boy Scout Troop 22 from Bloomfield, NJ sailing on Ciganka this week showed up with such a ground work of discipline, respect, and “get the job done right” attitude that we are kicking it into high gear!!  We are amazed at how they go above and beyond the call of duty at every task.  You