Emerald Shellbacks

We cheated with the Neptunus ceremony a little bit yesterday. Because the weather forecast anticipated rain on the 2nd and 4th of December, we decided to do it on the 3rd. This afternoon we crossed the real equator. Not only the equator, but the Greenwich Meridian as well. That gives our (now) Trusty Shellbacks an unique and rare status; the Emerald Shellback.
Tradition says: Once the ceremony is complete, a Pollywog receives a certificate declaring his new status. A rare status is the Golden Shellback, a person who has crossed the equator at the 180th Meridian, which is the International Date Line. When a ship must cross these lines, the ship's captain will usually intentionally plot a course across the Golden X so that the ship's crew can be initiated into the Golden Shellbacks. The rarest Shellback status of all is that of the Emerald Shellback, which is received after crossing the equator at the prime- or Greenwich meridian.
Of course we changed our heading a couple of degrees to pass this point. Chief Mate Stefaan pinpointed his navigation so accurate, that we passed this point only 4 meters North of the Equator and 37 centimeters East of the Greenwich Meridian. Well within our water plane area. Bulls Eye!