Date: 14 August 2023
Sailing from: Galapagos, Ecuador
Bound towards: Piticairn Island
Noon position: 24°01.8’S 129°44.6’W
Course: SWxS
Speed: 5.9 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 5 WxN
Seas/swell: 2m WxN
Barometer: 1018.5 Steady
Sky: 7/8 cu
Water temperature: 71.4°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 203nm
Passage log: 2892nm
Voyage log: 7552nm
Distance to next port: 63.34nm
Sails set: Inner jib, Fore Topmast staysail, Fore Upper topsail, Fore Lower topsail, Main Upper topsail, Main Lower topsail, Main Topmast staysail
Remarks: Wind builds overnight letting us set the inner jib and topsails. Later afternoon decided to run direct for Pitcairn Island. Set fores’l in a fresh to strong breeze and may anchor at Bounty Bay late tonight after a frontal passage, conditions permitting.