Date: 08 February 2024
Sailing from: Reunion
Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa
Noon position: 23°33.3’S 051°43.3’E
Course: W1/2N
Speed: 3.4 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 SExE
Seas/swell: 2m ExS
Barometer: 1018 Steady
Sky: 8/8 Drizzle
Water temperature: 79°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 82nm
Passage log: 266nm
Voyage log: 19,204nm
Distance to next port: 1,856nm
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: Overcast with periods of drizzle. Tahlia paints the starboard breezeway hand rail, Clara makes new back ropes for the main upper topsail. Donald treats us with hamburgers and pasta salad for lunch. Sailing along fine. We seeing quite a few ships. We are on the Cape to Sunda Strait shipping lane.