Bend the rules

Day 18 started very early at a tiring 5:45 am for a few select individuals aboard Bend The Rules. The night before was secretly full of planning for the early morning start to get back at Xanadu for breaking our Truce. Not long after the crewmates (Scott, James, Cole, and Teddy) were awoken by Ri, we all began to collect dozens of eggs, easily surpassing eight dozen, and hopped in the Dinghy. We made our way over to Round Two to collect more teammates (JT, George, Nick, Thomas, Sirius, and Ellie). With the help of Tommy (one of the Dive Instructors on Round Two) waking everyone up, we gathered our eggs and made our way to unleash our wrath on Xanadu. After a stealthy arrival on Xanadu’s boat, we began the countdown and started throwing. Having emptied out at least ten dozen eggs on the boat, we sped away at the speed of light. We dropped off the rest of the shipmates at Round Two and made our way back home. After getting back and taking a much-needed nap until 7 am, we were all awoken by CiCi asking for information on which crew-mates had taken part in what we thought was another extremely successful attack. Unfortunately, we had to fess up, and due to a “brand new” rule of egging, our attack was against “Egg War Rules.” We made our way back to Xanadu full of remorse and had to walk the shameful walk down the boat full of the eggs we had just unleashed.
Meanwhile, the other crew members on Bend the Rules were waking up and having an uneventful breakfast. After helping get Xanadu back to its supposed “Spotless” condition, we headed back to have a quick breakfast before getting underway towards the Wreck of Beata. The Beata was a tug boat that was sunk to become a large dive site. It is also home to many species, including the infamous Goliath Grouper, who was spotted by Matt (the head of dive side). We arrived at the dive site, put together our kits, and prepared for a brief. Right after the dive brief, we broke off into separate groups to practice tying the knots that would be needed on the wreck. We then kitted up, did our buddy checks, jumped in the water, and swam to the bow to descend down on the dive. We went down in our buddy groups and practiced tying the knots on the wreck and, afterward, went back up. We de-kitted and debriefed the dive and made lunch. For lunch today, we had Mac and Cheese prepared by our chefs (Cole, Russ).
After lunch, we had a somewhat lazy afternoon hanging around doing our own thing before our second dive. We had to wait at least two hours between major deep dives to prevent Decompression Sickness due to the Excess Nitrogen particles that build up in our tissue during our dives. After our lazy early afternoon, we briefed our second dive of the day, which was just going to be a fun dive going through the Beata and exploring the wreck from the inside this time. We kitted up again, did our buddy checks, hopped in, and descended down. When we got back to the wreck, we made our way to the entrance points we had marked and headed in. This was the first wreck dive that we actually went through the ship, and it was EXTREMELY cool. The ship seemed so much smaller on the inside than it looked on the outside. We ascended after a really cool dive and de-kitted again. We then prepared to set sail again back to Great Harbour Peter (GHP).
Just as we were getting ready to head underway, Sephena (Divemaster on Xanadu) joined us to help take down our makeshift mooring ball that was attached to the front of the wreck and held our boat in place using a fender. We ran into an issue while trying to get off the mooring ball when the line connecting the fender to the bottom got tangled, and we were stuck for a second with Sephena already at the bottom! We were able to get the line unstuck with our amazing mooring ball team (Scott, Russ, Khoovs, and RI). Sephena was able to get the line and bring it back to the surface. We got everyone back on board and headed off to GHP for the evening. The chefs (Russ and Cole) prepared an amazing two-and-a-half course meal underway that we called Breakfast for dinner (Eggs, Biscuits, Sausage, and Beans). After dinner, we cleaned up and took our PADI Tests to see if we actually qualified for the ranks that we now hold. After completing the tests, we set up our hammocks and went to bed. We had a long but really exciting day but are super upset that the trip is, unfortunately, coming to an end.