Day’s Run-September 11th,2023

Date: 11 September 2023

Sailing from: Mangareva

Bound towards: Tahiti

Noon position: 18°23.9’S 143°59.6’W

Course: WxN 1/2N

Speed: 3.1 knots

Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSW

Seas/swell: 1m SWxW

Barometer:  1017 Rising

Sky: overcast

Water temperature: 76.5°F

Distance made good in 24 hours: 76nm

Passage log: 638nm

Voyage log: 8745nm

Distance to next port: 328nm

Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main staysail,  Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail

Remarks: Winds died off overnight, fired the old wind maker up just before 0700. Wind backed from the northwest to south southwest letting us set sail again just before noon. Rachel works on sail repair, Spring works aloft. Lisa and Nate work on servicing one of our outboards.

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