Day’s Run – August 12, 2023
Date: 12 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 21°11.3’S 125°14.3’W
Course: SWxW
Speed: 6.1 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSW
Seas/swell: 3m SW
Barometer: 1021 Steady
Sky: 2/8 stcu, cu, st
Water temperature: 73.6°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 147nm
Passage log: 2539nm
Voyage log: 7244nm
Distance to next port: 354nm
Sails set: None
Remarks: Long period 18 foot swell rolls in from the southwest causing a rolling night. People work on their ditty bags on the well deck, Violet greases rigging aloft. The watches work on getting thing ready for are arrival in Pitcairn. Almost there and the weather forcasts for a decent visit look promising. Remeber, there is NO HARBOUR there! Bright sunny day deep in the South Pacific.