By Cara Lauzon
We started our day with unbending and lowering the main t’gallant in order to fix a small tear in the sail. John, our Sailmaker, and the Captain have spent the day working on that as well as a new sail. It’s still beautiful weather, sunny and clear. We were aloft on the main bending on a new t’gallant and we could see a massive dolphin maybe about 6-8 feet long swimming along with the ship, we could just see him swimming under the water with sunspots shifting on his back. We also had a tiny little finch of some sort flying around the rigging last night that was still with us this morning. The 4-8 watch had a great time practicing knots last night and I caught this photo of them all trying to stand like their Lead Seaman, Anders.
Date: 28 March 2018
Noon Position: 24°41.3’N- 083°53.0’W
Course + Speed: NWxW1/2W, 6.1kts
Wind direction + Force: ExN, F5
Swell Height + Direction: 1.5m, ExN
Weather: Bright and sunny
Day’s Run: 150nm
Passage Log: 728.5nm
Distance to Port: 650nm
Voyage: 2675nm
Sail Set: topsails, courses, t’gallants, inner jib
Anders and the 4-8 watch pose on the quarterdeck