Graptolite - Sailing the Galapagos Islands
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 2 Mar 2008 18:54
Last night in Puerto Baquerizo we had simple local fare for dinner. Mostly
lobster. The restaurant had a problem with big black beetles running around
on the tables. One climbed up on a grizzled old chap sat near us, which
threw him into a panic. Said it reminded him of his ex-wife. How we laughed!
Shin woke in the early hours thinking he was having another nightmare but it
turned out to be a couple of sealions fighting on the back of our boat. I
don't know why they were squabbling as Grapto has twin ship's wheels and
they easily could have both pretended to drive.
We had an interesting bit of navigation about half an hour ago. We nosed
into a sandy bay on the north side of Isla Santa Fe with the GPS telling us
we were well inland and up on the side of a hill. The chart says "Here be
Dragons" so perhaps the island hasn't been surveyed for a while.
We are on our way to our next stop which is Puerto Ayora on the Isla Santa
Cruz. We will be there later today. Shin will be jumping ship in Puerto
Ayora. His replacement will be the lovely Heike from Berlin. She will be
coming aboard on Friday for the long trip to the Marquesas.
M