Most of today and last evening, it seemed like we'd never see the end to squalls and rain or ever make it to the equator. As darkness fell this evening, the clouds began to thin and we actually can see some stars above. The setting moon was a sight to see. A huge cantalope colored crooked smile that melted down towards out of the clouds and then slowly slid into the sea. It was one of those sights where at first you catch a glimpse of it out of the corner of your eye and your heart goes thump because you think it's a ship at close range.
It's just after midnight and Philip is sleeping but Jake is ready to boogie. This is the time of night he normally prowls but he's smart enough to know we are on passage, though that doesn't stop him from wanting to prowl.
At the speed we are going, we'll cross the equator around 0200 local. Too late to make a big deal of it, but we'll be sure to make some offering to Neptune since as sailors we are superstitious and hate to temp any fates.
At 5/26/2012 and 12:35 UTC (GMT) our position was: 00°05.10'N / 172°09.57'E.
We were traveling 186T degrees true at 3.6 knots.
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