Location: The Pacific Ocean, 2 degrees 22’.59N 87 degrees 29’.93W
Location: The Pacific Ocean, 2 degrees 22’.59N 87 degrees 29’.93W
Weather: Sunny, Hot, wind gentle North Easterly.
Quote of the Day: “Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.”
Here we are again fast approaching Galapagos, we are all getting
excited now. I’ve been stuck below decks, again! Astronavigation is
quite time consuming as well as being soul destroying!! Apparently it’s
been a nice day outside, and for the first time in days we saw a ship
within 2 miles of us. Flying fish are all around the boat racing along
against us, at the moment we are winning! I will be pleased to see my
family Fiona, Jack, Emily and Lucy next week when we get home, for a
while it looked as we were going to be out here a little longer, but
the boat is back on track, after our minor Panamanian problem solving
escapade. Back to the computer now………..
Jon Curtis (Mate)
So it’s that time again as Jon says to do the log for the third
last time, yea guys it’s also coming close to our departure as well.
I’ve been out in the lovely sun today staring the boat. Us girls have
been refreshing our Irish culture. You know the way we always say
situation all the time and we have a tone in which we say things such
as Nana na na na na inflection through certain words, My family will
understand hehe, we also did a gipsy moth Belfast rap the film for this
should be up on the net as soon as possible it is so funny. Preview
English tone “Hello Friend” Belfast Tone “Bout yee love” and so on. I
got a little sun today again. The crew are looking forward to reaching
the Galapagos Islands, we have enjoyed the time on board and don’t want
it to end unfortunately it has to sum where, here’s to the last view
days on board hope your still enjoying the coverage as much as we are
enjoying doing it for you guys following. Thanks everyone for your
support. I cannot wait to get back to see all my friends, my boyfriend
Phillip and most importantly my loving family. Mum, dad, brother and
niece.
Love you all Maria (Crew)
Hey everyone its coming up to our last few logs, I hope everyone
has enjoyed the footage posted on the web we certainly had fun making
it. We are close to the Galapagos and it’s starting to kick in that we
are going home its good in ways because we want to see all our loved
ones but at the same time the experience has been amazing and for me
personally it may have twisted my arm for a career change. We have all
got along so well like a big happy family if not better I don’t think
we could have had a better crew thanks again to everyone that made this
trip possible for us we appreciate it so much. Well today Laura and I
got our very own love shack teehee, Sam made us a hammock by hanging
the head sail off the spinnaker pole it was so groovy baby! Every time
a big wave came it hit the bottom of the hammock n we got wet bums but
it was very refreshing so we didn’t complain, when we went to get in it
seriously looked like we were gonna plunge to a watery death but us
daredevils jumped on in having faith in our trusty skipper Scuba Sam.
Really cant wait to see you david and of course all my friends and
family.
Lots of love Barbara (Crew)
Hey dudes! Lesson for today-Lying in the hot sun will not turn you
into a bronzed Australian beauty over night but instead into a bright
pink and white bacon rasher-enough said. Pass the after sun… Our
arrival time in the Galapagos is approx 6 am 12th March so that means
only 2 more skipper logs and night watches-nnooooo .I have enjoyed
everything about my time away and although our voyage on Gipsy Moth is
coming to an end I hope that the close bonds and friendships developed
on board will continue on for a very long time, (I mean we need to keep
Pete around who else will give him grief?) We are all very sad that
it’s coming to an end and trying to look at the all the positive things
we can take from this I have personally learned a lot about myself and
have a different more open outlook on things. I’m thinking of running
off to Australia and flogging myself as a Galley wench! But hey the
curtain aint closed yet The Laura Walsh Experience (as Pete calls it)
has yet to grace the Galapagos and so the journey continues! Enough of
the soppy stuff dudes don’t wanna bore you with my Bridget Jones
moment...Haha anyway The Gipsy Butterflies and Mr Hawaii 2006 will
continue to rock on and keep you entertained (hopefully)!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at home love you all!
Take Care
An oven baked Laura xoxo
Oiy, don’t start all that, we still have at least another 36 hrs
until we approach the islands, and that’s if the boat doesn’t sink or
run out of diesel!! (The crews logs all sound so sad!)
We informed the crew that our arrival is well ahead of schedule
due to Dez’s superb astronavigation and my personal attention to detail
with all the sail trim, well…..perhaps not, it possibly had a little
diesel help!
The fresh meats are starting to walk out of the cool box today,
Fortunately for us the two large steaks didn’t escape, and the dodgy
sausages look to be sort of edible, unfortunately we are not quite sure
what animal they put in these sausages, I can however tell you that
they are absolutely Rank! And that I would rather suck my toes than
have another! For your information… my toes aren’t that nice either!
Capt Connelly!
Well another great day is coming to the end; we are all still
enjoying the whole experience. The girls are trying to get in as much
sun time as possible as we are now back onto the original timescale,
however I have made a new a rule. If they get sun stroke and make
themselves sick they will have to clean the heads for the rest of the
trip (toilets), Maria was sick yesterday and Barbara was sick today. So
the new rule starts today, which I can tell you has put the fear of
toilet duck into them. I just hope it is not me tomorrow who feels sick
with the heat!!
The night watch has just started so we have people on deck sailing
the boat and the remainder are down below having a nap or working on
the computer, it is a quite time on board compared with the rest of the
day when we are flat out with all our duties. The night watch is
extremely peaceful on deck and is probably my favourite time on board
as it is just us under the stars making our way to the Galapagos across
this vast expanse of water. Last night we were entertained by a large
electrical storm of to our right, which include thunder and big
explosions of lighting. Hope everyone at home is well, I can tell you
that the girls are all ok and still driving me mad with the constant
singing. However they are all looking forward to coming home. Lots of
Love to everyone see you all soon.
Peter Topping (Crew Boss)
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