By Cara Lauzon
Another exquisite night full of silver moonlight, turning into another clear sunny day. The flying jib has been bent on and test set with success! With the sun returning, the sailmakers are back on deck filling the quarterdeck with white canvas cloth, and ship’s cat Fiji is enjoying sprawling on the cloth and sleeping in the sailmaker’s bench as usual.
Date: 31 March 2018
Noon Position: 26°54.9’N-089°27.2’W
Course + Speed: WNW, 5.1kts
Wind direction + Force: NNE, F5
Swell Height + Direction: 1.5m, NExE
Weather: Bright and sunny
Day’s Run: 120nm
Passage Log: 825.7nm
Distance to Port: 315nm
Voyage: 3048nm
Sail Set: outer jib, inner jib, courses, main t’gallant staysail, main topmast staysail, topsails
Testing the newly bent on flying jib