Date: 23 April 2024
Sailing from: St. Helena
Bound towards: Grenada, West Indies
Noon position: 09°34.1’S 012°18.6′ W
Course: NW 1/2 W compass
Speed: 5.4 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 5 ESE
Seas/swell: 3m SE
Barometer: 1016 Steady
Sky: 3/8 Cu
Water temperature: 82°F, 26C
Distance made good in 24 hours: 131 nm
Passage log: 661 nm
Voyage log: 23,909 nm
Distance to next port: 3,211nm
Remarks: Donald has given everyone the fishing bug. We hooked a HUGE sail fish yesterday – and at dusk, a yellowfin as big as Sara but they both got away. Hopefully we get another bite today. It is beautiful out and we are sailing aong swiftly in the right direction. 8 to 12 foot seas. Dark, white capped seas, mostly clear skies. Sailmaking, spar work going on on the quarterdeck. Clara splicing up and serving a new wire vang for the spanker gaff of 3/8″ wire. Bosun overhauling spanker gaff gear. New hatch cover getting painted. Old one to be cut up into paint tarps. Yesterday’s workshop in exotic knots.