By Cara Lauzon
We had the most amazing sail yesterday afternoon into the night, the stars were gorgeous. We starting steaming around midnight to be in time to pick up our pilot for the transit up the Mississippi River to New Orleans for the final tall ships festival in the Gulf of Mexico Tall Ships Challenge. Now as we approach the mouth of the Mississippi we found out there is more time than expected so we are having one last sail going a grand 0.6kts. Not much wind out here, but it is a good opportunity for new crew to set sail and then take it in. Sail is now being taken in and we are preparing to pick up a pilot and tug soon. The current in the river is so strong that the tug will help us push against the current to travel at a faster speed than we could without it.
Date: 17 April 2018
Noon Position: 28°51.6’N-089°22.9’W
Course + Speed: W, 5.8kts
Wind direction + Force: SE, F1
Swell Height + Direction: <0.5m
Weather: Sunny and dead calm
Day’s Run: 118nm
Passage Log: 174nm
Distance to Port: 110nm
Voyage: 4049nm
Sail Set: Set to the royals, no fore and aft
