Date: 07 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecudador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 17° 34.4’S 118° 35.7’W
Course: SW
Speed: 1.1 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 1 NNW
Seas/swell: 2m Easterly
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 3/8 cu
Water temperature: 75°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 28nm
Passage log: 2024nm
Voyage log: 6728nm
Distance to next port: 782nm
Sails set: Fore Tgallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail
Remarks: Light air and a flat sea. Zoe and Samantha layed aloft on the foremast to tar the rig, Rachel and Dirk work steady at repairing the main t’gallant staysail and helm awning. Spring, Toad, Sara, Kate, and Sophia work on the Meridian passage. That’s nav talk for shooting the sun at midday – with sextants….