Day’s Run – February 21, 2024

Date: 21 February 2024

Sailing from: Reunion

Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa

Noon position: 34°55.6’S 023°31.7’E

Course: N

Speed: 6.3 knots

Wind force and direction: Force 4 WNW

Seas/swell: 2m NWxW

Barometer: 1017 Steady

Sky: 6/8 cu, st

Water temperature: 74.4°F

Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm

Passage log: 2,035nm

Voyage log: 20,973nm

Distance to next port: 258nm

Sails set: Fore topmast staysail, Main topmast staysail

Remarks: Fog rolls in post-dinner giving the air a chill. Donald makes soup and pizza bread for lunch. Jono works on baggywrinkle on the quarterdeck, Liam overhauls blocks. Rarely are we not in cluster of 8 to 17 ships steaming east or west. Ships everywhere hereabouts avoiding the Red Sea and Suez these days. Big ships too, 1,300 feet long and 200 foot beams. West winds are laying down and soon we will be able to make good our course. 35 miles south of Cape Seal, two more days until Cape Town.

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