Date: 19 February 2024
Sailing from: Reunion
Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa
Noon position: 31°32.2’S 030°15.2’E
Course: WxN 1/2N
Speed: 5.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 S
Seas/swell: 1-2m SSE
Barometer: 1022 Steady
Sky: 8/8s st
Water temperature: 79°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 129nm
Passage log: 1,617nm
Voyage log: 20,555nm
Distance to next port: 612nm
Sails set: Inner jib, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main topmast staysail, Main T’gallant staysail, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail
Remarks: Fire up the main engine at dawn, land in sight at 0945 off the starboard bow. Line and Ollie make wire sezings on new whisker shrouds. Clara rerigs the port main yard foot rope, Edmund paints the quarterdeck’s waterways. Making 10 knots with wind, motor and current.