The day came in overcast and cleared slowly throughout the day, becoming sunny by day’s end. Water temperature is also up five degrees Celsius by day’s end.
Today we caught a 22 kilo “big-eyed tuna”. It has big eyes. Caught a second fish later but tossed it back being so small. Many birds yet about the ship. We have started in on shaping a new royal yard of a spare yard blank of spruce we brought with us from Lunenburg, now well seasoned and soaked in brine. The Palmerston cutter ANN is on the hatch with a view to starting her rebuild as a way to teach wooden boat building. Today’s workshop was on the passage plan for the run to St Helena and onward the Eastern Caribbean.
From: Luderitz,
Towards: St. Helena
Date: Friday, March 15, 2019
Noon Position: 24-06S / 011-16E
Course + Speed: steering NWxW, 5
Wind direction + Force: Force 3-4 on the port quarter
Swell Height + Direction: small seas
Day’s Run: 131 nautical miles
Sails Set: all plain sail