Day’s Run-August 11th, 2023

Date: 11 August 2023

Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador

Bound towards: Pitcairn Island

Noon position: 20°11.8’S 112°52.2’W

Course: SWxW

Speed: 3.9 knots

Wind force and direction: Force 3 SSW

Seas/swell: 3m SWxS

Barometer: 1019 Rising

Sky: 2/8 st, cu

Water temperature: 74.4°F

Distance made good in 24 hours: 83nm

Passage log: 2392nm

Voyage log: 7097nm

Distance to next port: 495nm

Sails set: Main Topmast staysail

Remarks: Wind backed overnight, took in sail and fired up in the morning. Line splices wire on the well deck, Clara and Amelia lead the fore topmast staysail runner aloft. Dirk works on stitching the main t’gallant staysail. Spring, Toad, and Dustin work with the sextants. And onward to Pitcairn Island under 500 miles away!

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