Date: 05 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 16°45.1’S 117°56.8’W
Course: SW
Speed: 1.5 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 NNW
Seas/swell: 2m E
Barometer: 1019 Steady
Sky: 1/8 cu, st
Water temperature: 74.7°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 36nm
Passage log: 1958nm
Voyage log: 6662nm
Distance to next port: 892nm
Sails set: Inner jib, Fore Topmast staysail, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main Topmast staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Winds have gone light today. Swells are also down, thankfully, as light winds and big swell, a South Pacific speciality, can be pretty rolly. Dawson advocating for a swim call. We’ll see. Pizza for lunch today – quite popular. A few fish are jumping around us on this beautiful clear blue day. Sailmaking workshop this afternoon – followed by celebrating Chief Cook Donald Church’s 40th anniversary of first going to sea.