Archive for March 2020

Sent Friday, April 16th from enroute between the Galapagos and Marquesas: Hello friends and family, We are currently at South 04 o 41’, West 99 o 8’. The big news of the day was that Peter caught a Mahi-Mahi which we immediately sautéed. Journal entry from the day after Easter to follow. Monday, 1425hrs CST,…

Friday, 2200hrs CST, April 9, 2004: S    00o44.869′, W 090o18.517′ (Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Island) Journal Entry continued … With Kay and Matthew headed home, Peter exploring another island, and Dick and Suzie staying in a hotel on shore, Tuesday April 7, was to be engine maintenance day. As recommended by various sources, the engine oil…

Sent Wednesday April 14, 2004. Hello Everyone, Currently at S 02 o 47’ / W 094 o 15’ Enroute to the Marquesas .. with some time to catch up on my journal. Sam, Dick and Peter Friday, 2200hrs CST, April 9, 2004: S    00o44.869′,  W 090o18.517′ (Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Island) It was midday, Tuesday March…

Hello Everyone . Trying to catch up on journaling and e-mails. We’ve been busy being tourists. Monday, 2230hrs CST, April 5, 2004: S  00o44.877′, W 090o18.514′ (Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Island) We did arrive in the Galapagos Island on Tuesday, March 30th, anchoring in Puerto Ayora at midday with our water tanks empty and fuel tanks…

S   00 o 02 Minutes W 88 o 47 Minutes We are approximately 100 miles from Galapagos and have crossed the equator. (More on that in a later journal entry.) For now, here is the yesterday’s journal entry. Journal Entry from Sunday, 1600hrs EST, March 28, 2004: N    00 o 38.376′ W 087 o 18.531′…

Friday, March 26 2004: N  01o55.6′ W 084o18.9′ Hello Landlubbers, Today has been very nice! Friday afternoon, approximately 400 miles from the Galapagos Islands (North 01 degrees, 55.6 minutes, West 084 Degrees, 18.9 minutes for those of you with charts. The spinnaker is up, the sun is shinning, and we are moving along at a…

Thursday, 1640hrs EST, March 24, 2004: N  04o04.249′,  W 080o56.914′ (East of Malpelo Island, Pacific Ocean) By approximately 0445 Monday morning on the day of our transit through the Panama Canal, Lillian was anchored back out in the “flats” and the Panama Canal Advisor had jumped on board from one of the threatening looking battered…

Saturday, March 20, 2004: N  09o20.942′ W 079o40.374′ (Panama Canal Yacht Club, Colon, Atlantic end of the Canal) Kay, Dick Hiatt, Matthew and I are sitting in the Restaurant/Bar at the Panama Canal Yacht Club. The air conditioning feels like diving into a cold pool. The beer is $3.50 a pitcher. The bar is shaped…

Wednesday,  March 10, 2004: N  18o16.976′,  W 078o20.796′ (Leaving Negril Jamaica) Last night Peter, Kay, and I had a taxi take us back to Montego Bay to clear customs. Kay stayed to catch a flight and we picked up Peter’s dad, Chris, who will join us for the sail to and through The Panama Canal.…