An American couple took the plunge when they visited Bermuda to get married this week — by taking part in a spot of cliff-jumping after their wedding ceremony.Matthew Pelletier, 36, and Kim Turgeon, 35, from Portland, Maine, arrived aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway on Wednesday along with almost 40 wedding guests.Software development manager Mr Pelletier and his bride, who works in export operations, then tied the knot at The Reefs Hotel on Thursday evening.And if getting married wasn’t nerve-racking enough, the newlyweds decided to tackle another butterfly-inducing experience on their first full day as man and wife — by taking a 25ft leap of faith from rocks off Horseshoe Bay dressed in their full wedding ceremony finery on Friday morning.Having taken one big step into marital bliss, the couple showed no fear as they calmly held hands and took their second big step — this time into maritime bliss — and were cheered on by delighted crowds as they emerged from the water.The couple left Bermuda aboard Breakaway on Friday evening, arriving in New York yesterday evening.Back on dry land, Mr Pelletier last night told The Gazette that the decision to take the plunge had nothing to do with the Bermuda summertime tradition of cliff-jumping. Instead, the couple were continuing a family tradition of testing the waters during wedding ceremonies.“I’m not sure how it started, but we have a history of ending up in the water at weddings — believe it or not, we live near the water in Portland, Maine,” he said.The couple, who became engaged last September, had tried to come out to Bermuda on previous occasions but had been thwarted by bad weather.“We wanted a tropical location and Bermuda is so convenient as most of our family is in the northeast,” Mr Pelletier said.“We tried to go a couple times previously, earlier and later in the year, and got unlucky with the weather.”And he confirmed that last week’s regular downpours were the only cause for jitters on their big day. But that once the clouds had lifted, the ceremony — and their plunge into the ocean — went ahead just swimmingly.“The only nerve-racking part of our entire time in Bermuda was the weather the morning of the wedding. It started out foggy and rainy but ended up perfect for the wedding — complete with an amazing sunset. We absolutely love Bermuda.”