| RESCUE: ITINERARY |
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Days 1-7 | Day 8 - 14 | Day 15 - 21
Check out a typical Rescue Voyage itinerary below! We've split the 21-day voyage into three, week long pages so please use the controls above to switch from week to week.
Day 1
Location: West End, Tortola
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Morning:
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Throw your toothbrush in the top of your bag and head to the airport!
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Afternoon:
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Transfer through San Juan and start to meet your new friends on the flight over to Tortola. As soon as you arrive, it's straight aboard the boat, so pick a bunk, change into your bathing suit and take your first dip into the warm blue Caribbean water!
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Evening:
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Your first experience of cooking aboard... try to remember the names of your fellow shipmates and then head for the big program introduction.
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Day 2
Location: West End sail to South Bay, Peter Island
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Morning:
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Pancakes and fresh fruit starts the day off right, play some games to get to know the shipmates from the other boats and then leave the dock as soon as possible!
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Afternoon:
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Main from the Jib, Tack from the Clew. Practice helming and trimming as we make our way to Peter Island. Drop a hook and get ready for the check out dive! Do you remember how to do a buddy check? Five point descent? Mask clear and fin pivot? Don't worry, we'll take you back to basics first!
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Evening:
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Introduction to the Rescue Diving Program. Do you remember how to use the dive table? Don't panic, this is the right time to review!
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Day 3
Location: Peter to Cooper and finally to Savannah Bay
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Morning:
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Big day of sailing and diving, so it is up early to head east. First stop is Cooper Island. Here, in the cut between Cooper and Salt, is a great dive site called Blue Chromis Reef and you might even catch a glimpse of the wreck of the Beta, too.
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Afternoon:
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After a quick lunch, we raise sails once again and tack upwind to Virgin Gorda and the beautiful Savannah Bay. Take a dip, shower off and get ready for dinner.
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Evening:
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Rescue Lecture #1 on Self Rescue and Diver Stress
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Day 4
Location: Savannah Bay
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Morning:
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Busy, Busy, Busy. Scrambled eggs and straight off to learn about underwater navigation. Your dive gear will already be in the dinghy, so we'll go straight to the site and dive - out and back, reciprocals as well as squares and maybe even a triangle, too!
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Afternoon:
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Grab a sandwich and set up your dive gear again, as this afternoon will be the first in-water rescue training. We'll cover tired and panicked diver scenarios as well as how to respond from a boat in this kind of situation. Although you'll be tired, we'll also go wakeboarding before dinner.
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Evening:
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You've lost what overboard?... You'll be able to find it, as this evening is part 1 of the Search and Recovery Specialty lecture.
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Day 5
Location: Savannah Bay to the Baths then to Mountain Point
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The Baths are one of the most beautiful places in the world and we'll get to explore before the crowds arrive. Giant boulders scatter the shoreline providing caves and pools of blue water. This is a great place for some rock jumping, too.
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Afternoon:
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Ready for a cheese burger? Rose at the Bath and Turtle in Spanish Town yacht club will be ready for you with burgers, dogs and all sorts of other goodies. Feeling full, we'll sail out in the early afternoon to Mountain Point.
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Evening:
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After dinner, we'll cover the second rescue diving lecture on Diving First Aid
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Day 6
Location: Off to the Dogs and back to Mountain Point
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Morning:
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Motor over to the dogs having breakfast on the way. Once we're there, we'll tidy up and then jump straight in for a dive at Coral Gardens for our underwater navigation dive #2. The surface interval is a perfect time to motor back to Mt. Point, fill the tanks, ski and grab a quick bite to eat.
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Afternoon:
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During this afternoon's open water rescue training, we'll learn how to deal with a distressed diver underwater, a missing diver situation as well as an unconscious diver at the surface. In the late afternoon, we'll move the yacht over to a nearby dive site and snorkel for the night dive.
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Evening:
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After dinner and a briefing, you'll don your gear and head out for the first of three night dives. The first one is always the most memorable and you may even be lucky enough to see a sleeping turtle.
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Day 7
Location: Over to Leverick Bay and Dance night at Vixen Point
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We'll head out early to Leverick Bay and the Lighthouse restaurant for a quick cheeseburger breakfast. Call home and then jump back aboard as we need to be at Vixen Point by 10am to start the American Red Cross First Aid and CPR course.
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Afternoon:
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It's not a tough course, but it does take a while to get the techniques down. Having passed the short quiz, it will be your choice between a volleyball competition or, if you would rather go wakeboarding, there is perfectly flat water just around the corner.
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Evening:
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There's just enough time to get the salt out of your hair before it's back to the beach for a BBQ and dance party with Heavy Beatz, the best DJ in the Islands
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