Today Jeremy and I finished servicing the remaining four winches on the boat. I also checked the winch that I serviced last year. It was in good condition with plenty of grease in all the bearings and moving parts. A…
I am cute – and I am staying here
We were warned that the Galapagos Sea loins love to get up onto a yacht to lay in the sun and we should try to put up some sort of barrier to keep them off. We put up the barrier…
Arriving in the Galapagos Islands – Kicker Rock
Kicker Rock welcomed us into the Galapagos Islands. We will do a tour of the rock in a couple of days. The gap between the rocks is quite stunning. We passed the view of the gap while I was down in…
Crossing the Equator
On the 17th Feb we crossed the Equator. If you look at the top left of the chart plotter you will see our Latitude is 00 degrees 00.000 Minutes South. In fact we crossed the equator about 4 times trying get…
Getting into the big pond – Panama Canal
Today we completed the downward section of the Panama Canal to enter the Pacific ocean. During the crossing two catamarans “Widago” and “Zoom” were tied either side to the mono-hull “Waterman” and crossed the canal as a raft. All went well until…