By Cara Lauzon
Yesterday evening the sunset was incredible. I caught this photo of Anne-Laure taking sights with a sextant, she has been navigating the entire trip with celestial navigation. It was a night of stars, later the sky filled with them and we had the constellation book out and were trying to find them in the sky.
We woke to a light warm tropical rain which cleared quickly into a sunny day. We are now officially in the tropics 23°30’N and you can feel it getting warmer by the minute. A lot of rigging going on today, currently bending on the main t’gallant staysail and mizzen topmast staysail, good weather for it. The wind is picking up from the south and we have set some sail which is nice.
Date: 20 March 2018
Noon Position: 23°05,8’N-068°27,6’W
Course + Speed: SW1/4W, 6.7kts
Wind direction + Force: S, F3
Swell Height + Direction: 1m, WNW
Weather: Bright and sunny
Day’s Run: 168nm
Passage Log: 663.3nm
Distance to Port: 185nm
Voyage: 1819.4nm
Sail Set: Upper and Lower Topsails, Staysails
Captain Sikkema looks on while Anne-Laure takes sights with the sextant