Winds have laid down to a pleasant force 4+. Seas have settled down now that we are past the massive outpouring of the Amazon River. Sunday at sea, a lovely day. Thoughts of Caribbean islands dominate.
Date: April 21, 2019
From: St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Towards: Grenada, West Indies
Noon position: 03°-39′ North Latitude / 049°-22′ West Longitude
Course and speed: NWly at 6-7 knots under all plain sail
Wind force and direction: force 4+ NEly winds
Seas/swell: steady organized NEly seas of 2-3+ metres
Barometer: 1016 and steady
Sky: partly cloudy, warm
Water temperature: 27.6C – 81F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 156 nautical miles
Passage log: 2,801 nautical miles
Voyage log: 24,603 nautical miles
Distance to next port: 853 nautical miles as the current takes us