Date: 22 August 2023
Sailing from: Pitcairn Island
Bound towards: Mangareva, Iles Gambier, French Polynesia Noon position: 21°02.3’S 133°48.8’W
Course: SxW
Speed: 5.4 knots
Wind force and direction: Force 6-7 ENE
Seas/swell: 5-6m ExS
Barometer: 1020 Steady
Sky: 8/8 overcast
Water temperature: 73.6°F
Distance made good in 24 hours: 115nm
Passage log: 326nm
Voyage log: 7951nm
Distance to next port: 141nm
Sails set: Fore Topmast staysail, Fore Lower topsail, Fore sail, Main Topmast staysail, Main Lower topsail
Remarks: Wind blows near gale force, as the seas build, drawing us along our course to Mangareva. Wore ship around noon to put us on a straight track for the island. Blowing hard and lumpy sea but all going just fine. Where is all that bamly studding-sail weather?