Dolphins came to play in the bow wave today, maybe 15 of them including a tiny baby, they stayed for a good half hour rolling over each other and leaping and diving before gambolling off to port.
SHIPS WORK: Service on the lower end of new cap stay, two coats of varnish on new fore royal yard, spot paint stone aft, work on building a rudder for the Palmerston-built small boat, SYDNEY, sand and varnish port main pin rail, varnish box tops on quarterdeck, and paint black trim in the monomoy.
BOUND FROM: James Bay, St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean
TOWARDS: Grenada, Windward Islands, Caribbean Sea
TIME ZONE: GMT -2
NOON POSITION: 00°50.9’S /027°46.1’W
DAYS RUN: 80 nm
PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1,660 nm
DISTANCE REMAINING: 2,150 nm
COURSE AND SPEED: North West by North 1/2 North, Course made good 304° true, 3.8 knots
WIND: Wind Force 3-4, East North East
WEATHER: Fair, 2/8 cloud cover, barometer 1016 millibars and steady, visibility very good
SWELL HEIGHT & DIRECTION: South South East 1-2 m
SAILS SET: All square sails set, braced up on the starboard tack. Spanker, all three jibs, gaff topsail, and all staysails set.
Dolphins playing in the bow wake under the bowsprit