The winds have come fair and started filling in again, so we’re back on course for St Helena making five knots in a glorious sailing breeze. We passed back into the Tropic of Capricorn yesterday evening and the air temperature is perfect at 25°C.
SHIPS WORK: Sent down the strong fore upper topsail today and sent up an older fair-weather sail as its replacement – all while leaving the t’gallant sail above it set, which made the ship look a bit
‘gap-toothed’ for a while. We also replaced the main lower topsail.
Lots of sailmaking activity happening today: John, Tammy, Elvira, Agnes and Amanda are working on tabling a new inner jib and a new lower topsail, repairing an old upper topsail and making a new topmast staysail.
BOUND FROM: Luderitz, Namibia, South Atlantic Ocean
TOWARDS: James Bay, St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
TIME ZONE: GMT +1
NOON POSITION: 23°18.3S /009°46.5’E
DAYS RUN: 70 nm
PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 403 nm
DISTANCE REMAINING: 975 nm
COURSE AND SPEED: North West, Course made good 294° true, 5 knots
WIND: Wind Force 4, South West x South
WEATHER: Fair, 3/8 cloud, barometer 1019 millibars and steady,
visibility very good
SWELL HEIGHT & DIRECTION: South South West 1-2m
SAILS SET: All sails set
Sending down the fore upper topsail