Date: 26 July 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 9°58.7’S 104°48.3’W
Course: SW
Speed: 5.4 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExE
Seas/swell: 2m ExS
Barometer: 1019 Steady
Sky: 4/8 cu,st
Water temperature: 75.5°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 131nm
Passage log: 1068nm
Voyage log: 5762nm
Distance to next port: 1700nm
Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore topmast staysail, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main T’gallant staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Winds have laid down some, seas still good sized but really just typical South Pacifc swell. Overcast and light rain squalls this morning, now clear and blue. Two tropic birds have joined us. Small and white with long forked tails they travel in twos and are a good omen.