We arrived in Airlie Beach a day before our scheduled cruise, which we'd booked nearly two months earlier in Queenstown. On recommendations from Laura's friend Carolyn, we chose the Avatar vessel from the mass of available options, in an attempt to avoid the numerous booze cruises full of English & German, Club 18-30, lager lout types. According to a number of locals, we chose well (thanks Carolyn) - a fast, spacious trimaran was to be our sea-faring home for the next three days. Pre-sea sickness were alleviated, our yacht is apparently "very stable" we were told, so we arrived at check-in confident we were in for a great cruise. Very few outings are completely hiccup-free and despite all our forward planning, we couldn't have foreseen the Avatar's owner having been tragically killed in a motorcycle accident
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