Today at 1pm, 37 sailboats set sail to Galapagos from the coast of Ecuador. El Matador of course is rocking their awesome jackets designed by the little hibou. As you can see from the picture, no photoshop effect could save it from the gloomy look because it was so overcast that you could barely see. I’m happy to announce that my dad’s crew won third place on the first regatta called “Barlovento – Sotavento” which means with the wind and against the wind, which as described by the title they went straight and came back on the side of the coast. The main event takes place today which is a regatta all the way to galapagos (570 nautical miles, apron 68 hours), and then when they get there, there are two more regattas from one island to the other. Secretly I’m just waiting for this to be over so my dad can teach me how to “drive/navigate” the boat (sorry I don’t know what the correct word would be), I’ve always wanted to learn. Here are some more pictures taken by my mom because, as I said I couldn’t go.

Watching the regatta at the “Fragata Guayas”, the navy school boat.

At the inauguration party. I gotta say, I love how the uniforms turned out, even though they have the sort of “popped collar” look.

Receiving the third place price, and of course the captain (daddy) is wearing a suit instead of my fabulous jacket but well, he has to be formal.

This weekend my dad is going to sail the “Copa Galapagos” which is this series of regattas that include sailing from the coast of Ecuador, all the way to Galapagos, and then going to one island to another. I was in a way born into the sailing world, because it has been my dad’s since forever, but for some reason I never learned to actually sail a boat. Hopefully that will change soon since he promised to teach me. He bought a new boat and he let me design how it was going to be painted (but he already knew what he wanted so I can’t take all the credit), and the logo for the name of the boat, which is “Matador”. Also, I designed their uniform coats, I’m very excited to see the entire crew sporting my look, Its like my little project runway challenge (except that I didn’t sew it). The downside is that I won’t be able to go because they leave on friday and I have class, I’m super bummed because I think this is the first time I’m actually excited for one of this events. You have to understand that I’ve been going all my life and looking at little sailboats from far away while they slowly move is veeery boring. But anyways, I have asked my mom to take pictures so I can share, and she is actually a good photographer, even though she doesn’t know. She  took an amazing picture of my dad’s sailboat crossing though the Kicker Rock (which is the huge rock on the picture on the top), it was epic, unfortunately it was a very old picture and they have no idea where it is. Here are some pictures from my childhood in a boat, I’m the one that’s making the funny faces, of course.