Over and under

Over the line. Last night at 23h44,19GMT/UTC we crossed over the equator into the southern hemisphere. Hauled out all the goody's and had a party... so much so we did not cook any of the Mahi Mahi for dinner. From there it was one long night into the wind that was coming straight at us from Galapagos. The wind fluctuated from nothing to 25kn and switched direction continuously. Eventually we only had up the main with a reef and the motor going... another expensive diesel night. In between all this it poured with rain.
Today at 13h00 local time( we are now six hours behind GMT)we dropped anchor. Our position for the next week or two is: 00° 44'S and 90° 18'W. This is Academy Bay on the island of Santa Cruz in Galapagos. We contacted our agent for here and he will be out shortly with the navy etc in tow to sign us in and inspect the boat. After that we will go ashore and walk around...get the ol legs stretched. We will try updating the blog etc with photos if we can get onto the internet. Till then...

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