Date: 04 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 16°20.1’S 117°35.8’W
Course: S
Speed: 3.7 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 NxE
Seas/swell: 1.5m ExN
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 6/8 cu, st
Water temperature: 75.2°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 91nm
Passage log: 1922nm
Voyage log: 6626nm
Distance to next port: 873nm
Sails set: Inner jib, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Winds have laid down and come northerly. Yards are squared for the first time this voyage. Celestial navigation team hard at shooting the sun: Nick, Jeremie, Lyra, Diane, George, Liam, David, Toad, Kate all with sextants in hand looking aft from the quarterdeck. Amelia at the wheel keeping the ship on course, more or less. What chance has the sun?