Date: 5 December 2023
Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu
Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia
Noon position:
Course: 11°7.1’S 128°40.9’E
Speed: 6.6 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 Westerly
Seas/swell: <1m WxS
Barometer: 1014 Steady
Sky: 2/8 ac, cu, sunny
Water temperature: 85.3°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 160nm
Passage log: 2,445nm
Voyage log: 14,354nm
Distance to next port: 806nm
Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Main T’gallant staysail
Remarks: Another busy day, with Line and gang overhauling our wonderful windlass. Julian spot welding bits and pieces. Alex stitching leather chafe gear aloft. Rachel and Diane working on grommets. Pol and Mike work the sextants. Danielle and Amelia making the fiferail stantions look great again. A slight cooling wind on the port bow…