Sailing from: Tahiti
Bound towards: Tonga
Noon position: 17°59.95’S 154°51.6’W
Course: W1/2S
Speed: 4.6 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 5 S
Seas/swell: 4m southerly
Barometer: 1018 rising
Sky: 8/8 st
Distance made good in 24 hours: 111.5nm
Passage log: 298nm
Sails set: Outer jib, Inner jib, Fore topmast staysail, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main T’gallant staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail
Remarks: Winds and seas are making up, expect more of the same tonight. Fore t’gallant is in and stowed. Main t’gallant in before night all. some rain squalls but moving along westward just fine. We had a whale breaching off to port not long ago. Quite a sight.