Last night we went to the Captain’s Cocktail Hour. As we walked into the Regatta Lounge, there were three officers with multiple stripes on their jacket arms standing in a line to greet everyone coming in. David asked them “Which of you is the Navigational Officer”? The second in line said “that would be the captain” and which point the first in line said “that would be me”. David then asked the captain if he had plotted out where the ship would be relative to the solar eclipse on the morning of 8 April. The look on the Captains face was priceless. He obviously had not even considered it. Captain said “I can’t believe I did not think about that. I will have to look into it and get back to you”. David had stumped the Captain! We did not hear back until the day before the eclipse, by public announcement, that we would indeed be able to observe, weather permitting, at least a partial eclipse between 6:17AM and 7:55 AM. We would not be in position for the full eclipse. We arrived in the bay near Rangiroa in the morning. We did not have a tour planned for this island since they all required you bring your own snorkeling gear. About the middle of the morning rain and thunderstorms moved in. They ended up canceling the rest of the tours for the day, ended the existing tours early and shut down the tender service due to the lightning and heavy rain. So we relaxed and read our books on the ship.
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