Date: 21 February 2024
Sailing from: Reunion
Bound towards: Cape Town, South Africa
Noon position: 34°55.6’S 023°31.7’E
Course: N
Speed: 6.3 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 4 WNW
Seas/swell: 2m NWxW
Barometer: 1017 Steady
Sky: 6/8 cu, st
Water temperature: 74.4°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 152nm
Passage log: 2,035nm
Voyage log: 20,973nm
Distance to next port: 258nm
Sails set: Fore topmast staysail, Main topmast staysail
Remarks: Fog rolls in post-dinner giving the air a chill. Donald makes soup and pizza bread for lunch. Jono works on baggywrinkle on the quarterdeck, Liam overhauls blocks. Rarely are we not in cluster of 8 to 17 ships steaming east or west. Ships everywhere hereabouts avoiding the Red Sea and Suez these days. Big ships too, 1,300 feet long and 200 foot beams. West winds are laying down and soon we will be able to make good our course. 35 miles south of Cape Seal, two more days until Cape Town.