Crossing to Galapagos

I know it’s been a while since I posted a blog.  But it’s hardly surprising that the wifi in Galapagos is erratic at best. There are power cuts every day and in one of the Internet cafes the electricity junction box exploded sending us all running out into the street under a hail of sparks.

But, I am getting ahead of myself.  First we had to actually get there…..

On the 6th Feb, we set off from Las Perlas on what was expected to be a 6 night crossing over the equator to San Cristobal in the Galapagos.  While the Arc is a rally and not a race, there is still quite a bit of competition to be first across the start line of each leg.  We weren’t first – but we were fifth.  We screwed up at the start putting up this new Parasailor sail.  However, once we got it up and trimmed correctly we flew into the lead and there we stayed until we reached the Galapagos.

Creeping up after the start - that´s us in the middle flying the infamous Parasailor sail

The rest of the fleet behind us

Its not all about sunning myself. There is work too.

The shift rota was set up. 3 hours on at night and 3 during the day. Patricia and I were paired up for the night shifts as were Gavin and Scott.  John did one on his own. The pairing was done in order to give Gavin and me a chance to get to know the boat and all it’s electronics before the longer legs when we will have to do night shifts on our own. We soon settled into a routine.  Patricia and I were on from midnight to 3am. We passed the time by playing Scrabble on the iPhone.  It is the perfect game for sailing because while one person is planning their next move the other is on lookout and making sure the Parasailor is full of wind – but not too much!! We also allowed ourselves a 1am snack – usually coffee and chocolate. We came close-ish to a few ships the first night. They were heading towards the Panama Canal.  After that we saw nothing else until we reached the Galapagos.  We did have lightening one night which frightened the life out of me.  I am usually tethered on at night, via a metal clamp attached to a metal D ring on the boat at one end, and to my life jacket containing a metal inflation tank, at the other. When the lightening started I unclipped myself and hid under the bimini which I’m pretty sure now would not have saved me. 

Break time

Filling in the log on nightshift. (Aidan - note the lifejacket)

Saving water by showering in the rain.

The daytime shifts we did on our own.  I loved these few hours where everyone was in bed and I had the boat and the ocean all to myself.  There is nothing more calming than being at sea and out of contact with the rest of the world (apart from the VHF radio should you need it). The Pacific is full of wildlife.  We came across whales, lots of dolphin, sharks, sting rays jumping out of the water trying to escape the sharks, massive turtles, and a variety of birds diving for fish or just sitting on the water, minding their own business hundreds of miles from anywhere. The wind was behind us and that leads to a slow sideways roll  – left, right, left.  I found this really annoying at first and have many cuts and bruises from knocking into things trying to move around the boat. However I became expert at showering, rocking from one foot to the other. I gave washing my hair a miss though as I thought that might be over ambitious. After a couple of days you don’t really notice the rolling anymore and automatically move around compensating for it.  I did take to sleeping sideways in the bed though as I prefer to rock from head to foot rather than being rolled from one side to the other.  Luckily I have a double bed in a luxurious cabin.

After 2 days and nights of favourable winds, we hit the Doldrums and came to a standstill.  Not for long though because we quickly decided we’d rather be in the Galapagos than sitting out at sea hoping for a puff of wind. So we motored the rest of the way.  On the 13th Feb we crossed the equator.  This happened on John’s shift.  He kindly slowed the boat down so that we crossed at about 9am – a decent hour for us all to be out of bed. There are some traditions around crossing the equator.  I don’t know all of them.  We gave Neptune a small bit of champagne, by pouring it into the sea. We dressed one of the crew up as Neptune but drew the line at smearing him with smelly grease and oil, which is a tradition. It was really weird to see the position reading at zero degrees, zero minutes north (and south presumably). And from then on to be writing the position in the log entries as S and W, rather than N and W.  Brings it home that we are indeed in the Southern Hemisphere.

Right on the Equator

Neptune

Not quite Neptune

 

Celebrating crossing the equator

 

Traditional swim on the Equator. No way I was letting go of a moving boat. Seen too many movies!!

 

Breakfast on the equator

 

After only 4 nights at sea, during my watch on the fifth day, I spotted land.  And there stood San Cristobal island.  I just couldn’t get my head around the fact that I was looking at one of the Galapagos islands. We were still about 5 hours away at this stage.  When we eventually got close enough to see land properly, we couldn’t believe how green it was.  The green land slopes straight into the sea with a backdrop of volcanic rocks. We nearly ran over 2 Minke whales that swam right in front of our bow while we were distracted by the beauty on land. We sailed past Kicker Rock – a famous landmark.  (We were later to snorkel through the channel between the 2 parts of the rock – but that’s another story). We were treated to a beautiful sunset and finally reached our anchorage long after dark.  We could see, hear and smell the sea-lions all around us. But here we had to stay until we got both customs and environmental clearance the next day.  As luck would have it, the next day was Valentine’s day so I was able to make contact Aidan  – after several abortive attempts. Having terrible trouble contacting David though.

First sight of land - San Cristobal (somewhere in the middle of the photo)

 

Much greener than we expected - but it is the wet season.

 

The famous Kicker Rock

 

Checking for signal as we approach land

 

Sunset far out in the ocean

And so the next blog will be all about San Cristobal island.  We have permission to go ashore on 4 of the 13 islands.  I’ll try to do a blog from each one.  Bear with me….

 

 

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