Winds have gone light. Should pick up in a day or two. Yards are just off square. Celestial navigators were out in force today at noon. What chance has the sun? New planks going on the quarterdeck with Carlos and Anne-Laure. Dirk has taken charge of the new royal yard. Erin and I are planning the ANN rebuild. It will be tricky. Sailmaking proceeds apace on the quarterdeck as well. Brahm and Aaron have dove into the engine room to learn the magic down there. Picton Castle‘s engine room is a great one in which to learn machinery, with the wonderful Burmeister & Wain Alpha diesel main engine and the Lister auxiliaries. And Deyan is on the job, Deyan is a gifted diesel engineer.
From: Luderitz, Namibia
Towards: St. Helena
Date: Monday March 18, 2019
Noon Position: 21-52E / 006-59E
Course and Speed: NNW at 3 knots
Day’s Run: 75 nautical miles