Date: 09 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Pitcairn Island
Noon position: 17°55.6’S 120°40.5’W
Course: WxS
Speed: 2.9 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 2 NWxN
Seas/swell: 1m NE
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 1/8 cu
Water temperature: 75.2°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 70nm
Passage log: 2147nm
Voyage log: 6851nm
Distance to next port: 676nm
Sails set: Flying jib, Inner jib, Fore T’gallant, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main Topmast staysail, Main T’gallant, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main sail, Spanker
Remarks: A beautiful calm day, light airs and 1m seas pushing us westerly. Samantha, Toad, Andreas, and Jeremie utilize this day to get tar and grease on the mast and rigging, Diane works the sextant to get the noon position. We fired up the main engine and are now pushing at 7 knots towards Pitcairn Island. Looking at a Sunday or Monday ETA.