Today was a special day for two reasons. It is St Patricks day so the drinkers and party animals onboard were out in their greens looking to down more than a few. A little more significantly just after breakfast the ship crossed the equator and as many will know there is a specific ceremony to be held in conjunction with that event. Here is a link to a wikipedia article on the line-crossing ceremony

As you would expect every ship and crew adopt variations on this ceremony but the thrust of it is the following.

The goal of the ceremony is to have all who are crossing the equator by ship for the first time, called Slimy Pollywogs be presented to King Neptune and be granted the status of Trusty Shellbacks

To be granted this change of status the Pollywogs must announce they want to become Shellbacks, then kiss the fish (in our case a small Tuna), and then be doused in very cold water.

The pictures below give some of the highlghts of the line-crossing ceremony today on the Sirena.

Don't look too long at all the old bodies.