Date: 24 March 2024
Sailing from: Cape Town, South Africa
Bound towards: Luderitz, Namibia
Noon position: 32°06.7’S 17°22’W
Course: NxE3/4E
Speed: 6.2 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 3 NNW
Seas/swell: 3m Northerly
Barometer: 1017 Steady
Sky: 2/8 cu, ac
Water temperature: 59.5°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 117nm
Passage log: 117nm
Voyage log: 21,431nm
Distance to next port: 347.2nm
Remarks: First day at sea after a month in Cape Town. Crew is happy to get back to sea, the newbies are excited to be here. First day out is cold with a head wind. So we are motoring. Winds should fair overnight.