Monthly Archives: April 2014

Galápagos – San Cristóbal

By B.J. | Published April 29, 2014

San Cristobal – the island where Darwin first set foot in the Galapagos.  As it happens it is also where we made our landfall. Nothing could be less inviting than the first appearance. A broken field of black basaltic lava is every where covered by a stunted brushwood, which shows Read On..

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Shellbacks

By B.J. | Published April 22, 2014

Ceremonies for crossing the equator go back as long as people have been crossing the ocean. The “Shellbacks” – those that have sailed across the equator – take the time to initiate the “Pollywogs” with rites that are generally messy, wet, humiliating and occasionally painful. Typically the ceremony involves a Read On..

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The Galápagos! Part one of…many

By B.J. | Published April 19, 2014

We’ve been here for not even three full days, and we’ve already seen so much on just one island that I can’t even begin to fit it all in one blog post. This place is just stunning, with the rugged natural beauty, the clear water and air, and the varieties Read On..

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Arrived in Galapagos

By B.J. | Published April 17, 2014

Evenstar dropped anchor on Isla San Cristobal at 1500 UTC (about 11:00 a.m. EST) and are safely arrived in the Galapagos after five days and twenty hours of travel. More updates as we get settled and cleared in, fell free to share this out on the Sail Evenstar Facebook page Read On..

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One Day Out…Day Five en Route to the Galapagos

By B.J. | Published April 16, 2014

After another uneventful night of light air upwind sailing our ETA is starting to look a little more firm. Right now we are about 150 nautical miles from the harbor we will be clearing in to. One of three things will happen – the wind will pick up, the wind Read On..

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Life at Twenty Degrees

By B.J. | Published April 15, 2014

Not 20 degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. Not at twenty degrees of Latitude or Longitude though there is a potential post there. I am talking about Twenty Degrees of heeling. Specifically life on board when you are sailing upwind for several days in a row and your life is tipped a Read On..

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Happy Tax Day Five to the Galapagos

By B.J. | Published April 15, 2014

Well I for one am very happy I filed an extension before we left, seeing as how I don’t think I can e-file with TurboTax via Single Sideband. Last night we had more poor wind with shifts to SSW that caused us to sail off more to the North than Read On..

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Upwind to the Galapagos? Seriously? Day Four

By B.J. | Published April 14, 2014

Our visions, well a lot of peoples visions, of sailing West across the Pacific is one of following the Trade Winds, gentle off the wind sailing for days on end. Sowhy are we sailing upwind? Last night the wind shifted more South, and more West. Right now it is blowing Read On..

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Dolphins and More Dolphins…More Day Three

By B.J. | Published April 13, 2014

Day three was another clear day with variable breeze. We have managed to sail all day but some times it hasn’t been as fast as we like. Right now at 2000 local time (0100 UTC or “zulu”) we have 8-10 knots of wind which is variable and light. Its dark Read On..

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Bliss in the Night (Day 3 to the Galapagos)

By B.J. | Published April 13, 2014

Every now and then when on a passage you have a moment, when everything clicks and you think yeah, I could keep on doing this for a while. Last night I was awakened about half an hour before my watch to help bring the sails in. The wind had died Read On..

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