Date: 03 October 2023
Sailing from: Palmerston Island Cook Islands Bound towards: Tonga Noon position: 18°39’S 168°38.2’W
Course: WxS1/2S
Speed: 5.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 5 SExE
Seas/swell: 4m SE
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 8/8 light rain
Water temperature: 77.2°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 128nm
Passage log: 336nm
Voyage log: 10254nm
Distance to next port: 310nm
Sails set: Inner jib, 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
Remarks: With the 5 metre swell and the light rain picking up, it still makes for a wonderfull sailing day with 20 knots of wind drawing us along there is nothing much to complain about with this. Seas and winds laying down some from yesterday. The ship rides more comfortably. Looks like rain until tomorrow. Squalls have rain but no punch in them – all is pretty good.