Date: 10 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 19°41.5’S 122°48.9’W
Course: SWxS
Speed: 6.8 knots
Wind force and direction: Force4 NW
Seas/swell: 3m NWxN
Barometer: 1017 Falling
Sky: 7/8 cu,st
Water temperature: 74.4°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 162nm
Passage log: 2309nm
Voyage log: 7013nm
Distance to next port: 516nm
Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore Topmast staysail, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main Topmast staysail, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Wind picks up overnight, sea builds, 4-8 and 8-12 watches work on loosing topsails and courses. With sails set we finish with the engine. Sailing along in a NW wind where we would expect SE winds? Oh, well, such has been this passage to Pitcairn Island. We are sailing just fine.