Date: 4 July 2023
Sailing from: Panama
Bound towards: Galapagos
Noon position: 01°27’N 082°02.3’W
Course: SWxW 1/4 S
Speed: 6.5 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SxW
Seas/swell: 1m SSW
Barometer: 1016.5 steady
Sky: 3/8 cu
Water temperature: 80°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 156nm
Passage log: 491nm
Voyage log: 4112nm
Distance to next port: 475nm
Remarks: We came out of the ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone) at 2N right according to plan. Now we have a nice sailing breeze building and clear blue skies. Boobie birds are on the yard arms pooping away on deck. May have something to do with our approaching the equator…