We anchored at San Cristobal in the Galapagos at about 2 pm today. Last night, we crossed the equator at a little after 3 am. The girls were awake anyway because Tully had misplaced Marin (Marin had gone up to see the moon or something and was asleep on the couch) and had woken me […]
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Galapagos Crossing – Day 5
Last night we had about two hours of heavy, cleansing rain. It cleared up the air nicely and the lucky few (OK, me) who weren’t up on watch in the middle of the night woke to a clean, fresh deck and crisp horizons. I did wake up to close hatches, then re-open them for air […]
Galapagos Crossing – Day 4
Almost a full moon this evening as we close in on the equator. According to Joe and Ruth, the two “shellbacks” on our boat, the rest of us are “polliwogs” and must make an offering to Neptune when we cross the equator by sea. If accepted, we too will become shellbacks and can act as […]
Galapagos Crossing – Day 3
Another day on the Pacific and we understand where the name came from. Almost no wind and calm seas, causing us to turn on the dreaded engines so we can reach the Galapagos before they sink back into the sea. We had about seven hours of sailing today with our rainbow spinnaker flying proudly, trimmed […]
Galapagos Crossing – Day 2
Hello Charm followers, I’ve been given the task of writing the first Log for Leg 3. After a few day exploring the Las Perlas Islands it was time for race start day. It’s been a while since I’ve raced but lo and behold the usual pre-race start jitters returned! No nerves were however needed as […]
Galapagos Crossing – Day 1
We didn’t do a blog post for Day 1 but, since we had all the other numbers, it seemed like I should write something here. These posts were all supposed to go to the World ARC website log so you could read them while we sailed (I wrote them diligently each night on my watch) […]