Water all around us, clear skies, calm seas and light winds. It has been an uneventful trip thus far. So uneventful that we haven't even caught a fish yet. We have had zero activity on the lines, no nibbles, no lost lures, nothing at all. We even changed out one of our lures thinking a new shiny lure might just do the trick. We had counted on some fish for dinners along the way and also to stock our freezer before we get to the national park where fishing is not permitted. This is the first time we have been without catching a fish for four days running.
We are all reading up on The Galapagos in our Lonely Planet guides and of course the very handy and informative document prepared by the crew of S/V Soggy Paws that we downloaded from the Internet. It looks like we will have lots to see. The Galapagos is made up of 13 large islands, six small islands and many small islets at the equator approximately 600 nautical miles off the coast of Ecuador.
During the past two days the winds have been light and intermittent so we pulled in the sails and turned on the motor a couple of times. I know it's cheating, but we never said we were hard core sailors did we. And we need to charge our batteries so it is either running the generator to charge, or using the main engine which propels the boat and charges our batteries at the same time.
Even with the light wind, we are still on schedule to arrive tomorrow. We expect to reach San Cristobel around noon. Then we will make a plan for our stay, book a dive trip or two and decide which islands we want to explore first.
Only one more night shift to do. By morning land should be visible on the horizon. Almost there.
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