Sunday, April 10, 2011

Day 18

10/04/11
02.27 GMT
POSITION 00deg 14'S, 131deg 10'W
vitesse: 0 noeuds/knots
direction: deg
vent: 1 noeuds N-E
Swell/Houle 5 pieds N-E

AUjourd'hui, nous avons traverse l'equateur, nous l'avons passer a la nage a cote de "sudden stops" securise aux ecoutes du spinaker.
Puis nous avons eu notre ceremony d'initiation interrompue par une dizaine de baleines que l'on a laisse nous doubler.
Et nous avons jettes une bouteille de champagne a la mer, apres l'avoire bue et mis un message..


We all swum across the equator altogether , along "Sudden Stops" while secured with the spinnaker sheets. Still in the doldrums, waiting for the wind...
We had our ceremony for our first time crossing, interrupted by some whales surfacing in front of the boat, a good sign from Neptune ?
Even sighted a whale breaching...awesome
And we throw a bottle of champagne, after drinking it and putting a message in it..

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