Date: 4 December 2023
Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu
Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia
Noon position: 10°55.2’S 131°22.6’E
Course: W1/4N
Speed: 6.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 1 NxW
Seas/swell: <1m SExE
Barometer: 1014 Steady
Sky: 2/8 cu, ci
Water temperature: 86°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 151nm
Passage log: 2,285nm
Voyage log: 14,194nm
Distance to next port: 962.5nm
Remarks: Sunny and hot with a temperature of 87°F. Lyra works on patch servings aloft, Julian does some welding work as we overhaul our faithful Lunenburg A1 “Armstrong” anchor windlass. Pol and Edmund service bottle screws. Rachel is stitching away. Marie-Helene goes aloft over the futtuck shrouds with Spring. Dawson attends his “Cricketorium” after “school.” Today we do a range of safety drills and exercises. Tammy works on accounts in the messroom, Dan keeps working on new deck planks, caulking and pitching.