Date: 29 July 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 13°14.6’S 109°43.9’W
Course: SWxS
Speed: 4.1 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 ExS
Seas/swell: 1.5m ExN
Barometer: 1019 rising
Sky: 1/8 cu
Water temperature: 76.2°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 99nm
Passage log: 1419nm
Voyage log: 6113nm
Distance to next port: 1351nm
Sails set: Flying jib, Inner jib, Outer jib, Fore topmast staysail, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main T’gallant staysail, Main Topmast staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail, Spanker Remarks: Beautiful and calming day. Large southerly swell coming in from way down there. Winds down to a Force 2 with only the occassional whitecap. Lots of folks washing clothes even Donald and Captain. Curtis and Edmund varnished the bridge rail. All shiny now. Sophia helped too. Hands out in force with sextants midday getting their first noon sight: Lyra, Sara, Nick, Dustin, Clara, Pol, Dirk and few others. We found the extra plastic sextants. They were cunningly stowed whe we stow plastic sextants. A revelation to be sure… The booby birds are standing by to poop some more. Half day Saturday, mandatory chillin’.