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Camille Milligan, Jesse, and new crew member Victoria cross the equator aboard Stella on a 100-nautical-mile passage from the southern tip of Nias to the Telos Islands in Indonesia.▶ 0:23 Departing at 6 a.m., the crew reefs both the main and jib early, sailing downwind at 10–15 knots of breeze and making 4–5 knots boat speed.▶ 7:47 Scattered squalls and thunderstorms build throughout the passage, forcing the crew to drop sails and motor through at least one significant squall system before conditions clear.▶ 11:44 The equator crossing itself — at zero latitude — triggers the traditional shellback ceremony: the crew pours shots of Dead Man Fingers rum into the water as tribute to Neptune, then cracks eggs on each other's heads as a stand-in for the naval tradition of fish guts.▶ 18:51 The transcript explains the scallywag-to-shellback transition, the history of equator-crossing ceremonies in sailing and naval culture, and the shellback turtle tattoo tradition.▶ 8:14 Stella anchors in the Telos Islands at 4:30 p.m. in glassy, calm conditions at 25 feet of depth, completing the first Southern Hemisphere anchorage of the voyage.▶ 19:44

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