Date: 10 February 2024
Sailing from: Reunion
Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa
Noon position: 26°14.1’S 048°52.4’E
Course: W1/2N
Speed: 5.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 4 ExN
Seas/swell: 4m ESE
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 1/8 st, ci
Water temperature: 78.1°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 129nm
Passage log: 498nm
Voyage log: 19,436nm
Distance to next port: 1,646nm
Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore topmast Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail
Remarks: Seas build and wind makes up. Clara replaces the port fore tack, Sara and Alex replace robands aloft, Rachel repairs the inner jib. Spring takes a noon sight. Very bright sunny day, rolling down to Africa.