Day came in partly cloudy and clearing. Wind picked up a bit. A beautiful trade winds day. The new royal yard almost done. New pin rails of Fijian tamanu wood getting varnished and are very pretty. Piles of canvas on the quarterdeck getting sewn together by Tyler and Katie under John’s oversight. Brahm and Aaron do engineering stuff with Deyan in the engine room. Today’s workshop is on bending different types of sail.
Passage plan: Earlier I was planning on steering close to the eastern point of Brazil to catch the least amount of squally doldrums as we cross the Equator. Rethinking that with now with new forecasts that suggest crossing the equator around 25 West might be a better thing to do. We will see.
From: St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Towards: The West Indies – the gorgeous lovely wonderful Eastern Caribbean
Date: April 2, 2019
Noon position: 12-51S / 011-05W
Course and speed: NW at 5 knots
Wind force and direction: SE at force 3-4
Seas/swell: moderate seas of 1to 2 metres from the SE
Barometer: 1018 steady
Water temperature: 25.9C – 78F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 115 nautical miles
Distance to next port: Pretty far; 3,350 nautical miles