Galapogus Day One
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Wed 14 May 2008 18:01
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Galapagos Day One
14/05/08
Hi Folks,
Well after a few beers , spag bo and fruit salad we
all crashed out by 8 o/c PM ... yes I know lightweights but it had been a long
day as the passage between the Isles with both Admiralty and US charts saying do
not use for nav in this area ! its a bit worrying when the two most foremost
chart suppliers say that , but we will get more of this the further we progress
into the Pacific , its back to the mark one eye ball which always seems to come
up trumps , I had both in use on entry to Academia bay , the chart plotter pot
us up the high street , this was the case in the San Blas Isles as well .. makes
for a comfortable night in theory ! anyway we are well lashed to the sea bed ,
and a good nights sleep was had by all , I have not had to get the big beast
anchor from the hold but the rest of them thought it was coming out yesterday ,
its reputation proceeds it , I quite fancied the Idea of displaying it prior to
launch , it would have struck fear into anyone with back problems that's for
sure weighing in at 200 lbs. or 100 kilo , which ever your back prefers
!
This morning has been spent discussing trip
options , we are off to South Seymour Island tomorrow , its a 9 hr hike there
and back via bus and boat , the spiel for it sounds good though .
Friday we are going to the Darwin centre to
look at the Large Tortoises , and the research facilities , plus a look around
the town , it grown a bit since they wrote the pilot books , infact the subject
of pilot books is a niggle of mine as most of the guys who write these books
either do " Nick" tours ie visit for a morning and move on ""or scrounge the
info from other yachts as mostly to date they have been either very misleading
or down right lies , the yachting press big up these authors , but I don't think
they will publish my drip in the yachting world but somebody should get a grip
of them , the amount of books published by these orgs coins in loads of dosh
from us all , its like shooting fish in a barrel as we traipse in to the book
shop view exotic pilot books with pics and purchase in vast quantities , the
biggest offender seems to be Mr Cornells " Noon site" its info on this area is
sketchy to say the least, the reality is that it is very organised and efficient
with the authorities being competent and not in the same mode as Panama , it
would not be hard to obtain this info , the tourist info centre would have done
it for free , the facilities for yachts are very organised with garbage
collection , fuel deliveries , clearance in and out all catered for in an
efficient manner.
Anyway enough of my winny , we are doing a drop of
maintenance onboard , the scouting party have returned with large amounts of
leaflets and info , so we will mull further over the info with a cold beer and a
sarnie .
That all folks for now
The Crew
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