Date: 9 December 2023
Sailing from: Luganville, Vanuatu
Bound towards: Bali, Indonesia
Noon position: 10°2.6’S 117°26.3’E
Course: WNW
Speed: 6.9 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 W
Seas/swell: 3m WxS
Barometer: 1013 Steady
Sky: 4/8 cu, ci ,ac
Water temperature: 84.6°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 167nm
Passage log: 3,115nm
Voyage log: 15,024nm
Distance to next port: 152nm
Remarks: Head winds cut the temperature of the hot day. Kate primes bottle screws, Amelia varnishes the port quarterdeck ladder. Saturday afternoon crew breaks into make and mend projects. We shut down the main engine briefly to check the propeller – all good and we carry on.