Crossing back over the Equator

Mar 15, 2013 day at sea crossing the equator

Are you a Shellback, Hornback or Polywog???

Polywogs have not crossed the equator before in a ship.

Shellbacks have crossed the equator before in a ship.

Hornbacks crossed the equator and went around Cape Horn, and crossed over the equator on a different ocean.

There were a few Polywogs on the ship, as some passengers came on at Santiago or Buenos Aires. We crossed the equator at 4:25 am this morning, earlier than expected due to not spending the day in Fortaleza yesterday. It made us 7 hours ahead of schedule for crossing the equator. Mickeylive had a contest for guessing the time of equator crossing with some great prizes. The Captain and Staff Officer are shown below.

The crossing the equator celebration took place tonight around the pool with a large crowd gathered to watch the ceremony with Neptune and his court. A number of passengers dressed up in outlandish costumes for the ceremony.

 

There were sacrificial Polywogs, who were selected to take the initiation for all the Polywogs on board. The initiation included kissing a fish or Neptune's belly, and being bathed in a disgusting smelly mixture of kitchen discards.