We crossed the equator today! Woo!
We have now officially graduated from Polywags to Shellbacks. This is not a reference to Pokemon, it is an old American Navy term. Once you sailed in the Southern Hemisphere, you could call yourself a 'Shellback', otherwise you were a 'Polywag'. I am not sure where they got those terms from though.
We fired off some expired flares in celebration and had some wine. (It was daytime and there was absolutely no one in sight to see the flares.)
We had to reduce speed in the evening, we were making too good of time (8.5 knots) and were looking to arrive in Galapagos in the middle of the night. We are now aiming for a noon arrival tomorrow.
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