Date: 27 November 2023
Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu
Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia
Noon position: 10°32.3’S 146°27 .3’E
Course: NNW
Speed: 4.2 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExE
Seas/swell: 2m
Barometer: 1013 Steady
Sky: 3/8 cu, ac, hot and sunny
Water temperature: 79.5°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 101nm
Passage log: 1,316nm
Voyage log: 13,225nm
Distance to next port: 1,850nm
Sails set: Inner jib, Fore Royal, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main Royal, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail
Remarks: Light winds and a hot day. Julian welds up a rigging screw onthe well deck. Spring, Danielle, Jeremie, Mike and Kate take noon sights with the sextants. Alex and Clara paint and serve the rigging screws. Diane, Violet, Rachel, and Liam seam a new sail and the quarterdeck awning. Dawson studies math, watches his friend David Attenborough’s documentaries and Tammy is working on accounts and helping the Captain and Chief Mate with planning. The wind is laying down as we approach the western entrance to Torres Strait.