Toau to Hilo: Day 7

Kai and Hunter performing the first Shellback ceremony, last year.
At noon we marked the end of our first week of this crossing!

The first week out is usually the hardest, mostly because it takes that long to get everything settled and sorted and properly stowed. No more objects (or unsealed bags of flour) suddenly flying at you if the cupboard pops open on a bad wave.

Everyone has their sea-legs; the rough days are annoying but not quite the same endurance test of the first few days.

We celebrated with a fancy "Dunch"-this is our dinner/lunch combo and the main meal of every day. We ate up the last of the delicious lobsters from Taou in a ginger and sesame noodle stir-fry, and had a little toast, thanking the winds for their blessings (we are heading on a much better course today) and wishing for safe passage on the rest of the trip. We counted our blessings as we looked around at our wide blue "living room" and felt humbled yet again by the wild magnitude of it all.

Now, for the really big news...

We are on course to cross the equator in the next 48 hours!

Once again, we would love to invite everyone to join us in our PROJECT SHELLBACK campaign and help us raise awareness for our Oceans and what we can all do to protect them. If you are new to our little mission, simply click under the PROJECT SHELLBACK tab and it will explain all about it.

For you Old Salts that came with us on our last trip and are already "Honorary Shellbacks" then great, this time you get to play the part of King Neptune for the uninitiated Pollywogs!

(Lets see how many new Pollywogs you can get to sign on and become part of our community!)

As we approach the equator, Kai and Hunter will be adding updates to the blog, giving facts about our oceans (and coral reefs) and what we can all do in our daily lives to help protect them.

The names of new initiates will be written on tiny, biodegradable pieces of fabric and tossed into the sea in a symbolic gesture of our collective commitment to help protect and care for our planet.

We hope you'll join us on this amazing adventure...

Love,

The Pura Vida tribe.

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1 comment:

  1. Grandpa ProsperOctober 21, 2013 at 8:59 AM

    ... And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
    The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
    The solemn temples, the great globe itself—
    Yea, all which it inherit—shall dissolve,
    And like this insubstantial pageant faded,
    Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
    As dreams are made on, and our little life
    Is rounded with a sleep ...
    Speaking of tiny pieces of biodegradeable fabric.

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