Nova-Ventures ~ Member Phots

Sea Log, Feb 3rd, 2006: 13 Blackbeard's Place, Freeport, the Bahamas. The crew awaits the new
passengers for Blackbeard's Dive Live-aboard cruise. Four days in the beautiful, crystal clear waters of
the Bahamas. Everyone checks in, assigned spacious and elegant cabins and then we are on our way.
Below is a collection of photos from our adventure. If you were on this cruise and have pictures you
would like to share with others, please send them to jeshanks@novascuba.org.

The weather is not very good Friday night, so Capt. Red decides to stay in. Actually a pretty good idea. We all
visit Port Lacuya and explore the shops, and of course the bars. Saturday morning, we head out for our first
dive, the weather has actually gotten worse. The winds are very strong and the seas are 6 -8 feet, with some
swells bigger than that. The Capt tries to tell us, it is too rough to dive, but what the heck does he know, he
only does this for a living, we are going diving! The first dive, went well, even with the rough seas, but alas
no pictures. It was cold, murky and very rough, so we head back in to port, for another night on the town.
Some of us spent more time on the town than other, but they will remain nameless.

With the weather behind us the diving just got better and better, calmer waters, warmer temperatures
and great diving. I can't say it enough, THANK YOU, to the crew of the Pirates Lady! You all were
terrific!

As the trip progressed so did the excellent diving! We enjoyed a great night dive, several wrecks and
incredible reefs. Things just keep getting better and better.

So many pictures, so little web space. To see the pictures for the
rest of the trip, click on the sun to the right ---->

Did anyone see that Dolphin jumping over the sun?