Joe and Rachel
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Rachel and Joe in
the Virgin Islands
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| Name: |
Joe Maida |
Rachel Maida |
| Home Port: |
Santa Barbara, CA |
San Francisco, CA |
| Signed on: |
14.April.2000 |
St. Thomas, USVI |
| Signed off: |
23.April.2000 |
St. Thomas, USVI |
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| Joe and Rachel are the skippers' niece and nephew.
When they were little kids we took them to Disneyland, San Diego and
Tijuana. They were such great kids that we had no reservations
about inviting them aboard. |
| They joined us in the Virgin Islands for a week of
cruising, snorkeling, dining out and generally having a great time. |
| Shortly before Joe left for the USVI he seriously damaged
the heel of his foot while playing football. The foot was healing
but not fast enough so he and I went to a doc and then on to the
hospital in St. Thomas. While this was a pretty nice hospital,
especially by Caribbean standards, it's always an eye opening experience
to get medical care in another country. (I know, I know, the USVI
are not another country but they sure feel like it). |
| The funny side of the hurt foot story is that for the
first few days Joe would snorkel with only one swim fin. As hard has
he tried to go straight he inevitably ended up swimming in a
circle. His efforts to swim straight only resulted in larger
diameter circles. Eventually he dropped the single fin that he had
been wearing and swam straight ... slow but straight. |
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