Date: 12 September 2023
Sailing from: Mangareva
Bound towards: Tahiti
Noon position: 17°41.2’S 146°02.4’W
Course: N1/2W
Speed: 5.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 4 SSE
Seas/swell: 3m SExS
Barometer: 1019 Raising
Sky: 5/8 st, stcu, cu
Water temperature: 77.5°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 129nm
Passage log: 767nm
Voyage log: 8874nm
Distance to next port: 206nm
Sails set: Outer jib, 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: Very good sailing along towards Tahiti. Brass ship’s bells getting polished for the first time in a long time. Looks nice – for about five minutes. Plenty of seas giving us a bit of a rock and roll time but not bad at all. Captain going to give a talk on Tahiti this afternoon on the quarterdeck. New crew Marie-Helene, Mike and others getting the hang of steering this ship. All is pretty good.