Date: 4 January 2024
Sailing from: Serangan, Bali
Bound towards: Reunion
Noon position: 14’14.8’S 91’23.7’E
Course: W
Speed: 4.8 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSE
Seas/swell: 2.5m SE
Barometer: 1016 Steady
Sky: 1/8 cu, visibility very good
Water temperature: 80’F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 116nm
Passage log: 1,466nm
Voyage log: 16,670nm
Distance to next port: 2,095nm
Sails set: Flying jib, Inner jib, Fore Royal, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main T’gallant staysail, Main Royal, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Wonderful day sailing. Lyra works on patch servings aloft, Christiane relashes ratlines on the mizzen, Liam and Ryan replace a mizzen shroud bottle screw. Rachel ropes a topsail. A gang scrapes a lower studding sail boom before varnishing it. Sea conditions are sweet.