Date: 10 April 2024
Sailing from: Luderitz, Namibia
Bound towards: St. Helena
Noon position: 17°44.5’S 002°13.8′ E
Course: NWxW 1/2 W
Speed: 5.4 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 4 SExS
Seas/swell: 3m SE
Barometer: 1018 Steady
Sky: 6/8 Cu, St
Water temperature: 75°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 130nm
Passage log: 1,189nm
Voyage log: 23,062nm
Distance to next port: 228nm Remarks: With the sun making frequent apperences it is time to continue with varnish and oil work. Line leads the gang on the quarterdeck scuffing and scraping sea chests, pin rails, cap rail, and binnacle. Julien has been making great progress in the engine room painting the overhead, it is looking quite tidy down there nowadays. Ollie, Dee, Benita, Eric, and Spring shoot noon and have a class about reducing a noon sight. Later this afternoon we will have a workshop on wearing ship and then swing her head onto the other tack.