the crew Marina- Andy Nic and Mark.  First steps on dry land in the Galapagos Islands.

Hi folks, well as most of you know we made it to the Galapagos islands after
a 11 day passage, but not without incident. We lost our engine 400 miles
from the islands then we were slammed on the nose with high winds and gales
then calms that left us spinning in circles for hours with out a breath of
wind, not enough to move a thread of cotton. Add to that, wicked
currents surrounding the Galapagos islands that threaten to drive us on
shore of an uninhabited island.

And rain! lots of rain! So much that it would have given Noah reason to pause. We are all bruised, ( Literally!) and exhausted as we hadn’t gotten more than a few hours sleep each day for. the last several days. I never left the cockpit for two solid nights, just getting cat naps between tacking the boat up wind. All and all it was a
great sailing adventure and our beloved Maiatla came through with flying
colors. Just some sails to re-stitch and new deck leaks that had opened up
do to all the stress on the hardware. Oh yes did I mention that the engine is broke?

We will spend a couple of weeks on San Cristobal islands repairing the boat and playing tourist.

More to come
later.

Love from all of the crew of the Maiatla.