Date: 17 February 2024
Sailing from: Reunion
Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa
Noon position: 30°47.5’S 034°49.3’E
Course: NW
Speed: 5 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 NNE
Seas/swell: 3m NE
Barometer: 1019 rising
Sky: 4/8 ac, ci
Water temperature: 77.5°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 121nm
Passage log: 1,370nm
Voyage log: 20,308nm
Distance to next port: 852nm
Sails set: All sail set
Remarks: Saturday at sea. All greasing done on all masts, blocks, wires, hinges etc. Alex relashed robands on the outer jib, Edmund test runs the outboard on the rescue skiff as we do daily. Workshop on wire sezings this afternoon. Expect a frontal passage and wind shift later.