Sea|mester: Day 27
By: Cole Timothy Lewis

​We started off today with a sea turtle snorkel at the Tobago Cays, on which I encountered 2 sea turtles and many cool fishes. After that, we headed back to Ocean Star to start our first EFR (emergency first responder) class. But wait! I’m already EFR certified! I was exempt from this class so I spent that time with Nick setting up the boom swing, which is a rope swing we hang from our main sail boom. I was planning on writing a paper during that class, but setting up the swing with Nick ended up being my favorite part of the day. We also bought lobster and fresh fish from a local guy. All around the islands, people will drive up to our ship in little dinghys and try to sell us fish, or water, and sometimes they even offer to take our trash. This time we took the offer of fresh lobster and I’m so glad we did. We used the boat grill, melted some butter, and had a lobster feast. Besides Maine lobster, it was the best I’d ever had. We spent the afternoon swinging off the boom and eating seafood. After dinner, we set up the projector on deck and watched Pirates of the Caribbean. Tomorrow we head to that island to find the rum.

​Sea|mester: Day 28
By: Cole Timothy Lewis
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I didn’t find the rum, but that island was bad ass. We snorkeled over to the island from the boat and had a beach afternoon over there. Evan and I were chefs today, and you know what that means… DREAM TEAM. We woke up at 6:23 and cooked the best breakfast sandwiches you’ve ever had. For lunch, we cheffed up some pesto pasta casserole, which was also fantastic, and for dinner, fish tacos. Nick bought a huge Mahi from a local guy and he helped us cook some amazing fish tacos. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed our meals. After dinner we did a night snorkel on a reef nearby. All the lobsters come out at night and they were everywhere. I wanted to cook them up and put them in my stomach. Tomorrow we head to Bequia, and get new bed sheets.