A bit more ocean swell today, so your abs get a workout just sitting down or walking about the ship. The morning came in cloudy, but cleared by noon into yet another gorgeous bluewater day. We’re more than half way to St Helena now, and only a couple of days away from the Greenwich meridian […]
Another beautiful day in the South Atlantic. The trade winds are back to their usual reliably good form, the sun is shining and the ocean is sparkling bright blue. SHIPS WORK: It’s too breezy to send sails up and down today so we’re working on other things. The main project for the day is overhauling
The winds have come fair and started filling in again, so we’re back on course for St Helena making five knots in a glorious sailing breeze. We passed back into the Tropic of Capricorn yesterday evening and the air temperature is perfect at 25°C. SHIPS WORK: Sent down the strong fore upper topsail today and
REMARKS: We retarded ship’s clocks last night so now we’re in the same time zone as Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid and Paris. Chief Mate Sam held a workshop on splicing this afternoon for our newer crew and anyone who wanted a refresher. After, the Captain updated us all on the passage to St Helena and the
DATE: Feb 5th, 2015 REMARKS: We set sail from Luderitz, Namibia yesterday lunch time, after a very pleasant and relaxed port visit where we visited abandoned diamond mines wandered around the pretty little town and drove out to see wild horses, oryx and ostrich in the desert. It’s a beautiful sunny day today, not too
BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +3 NOON POSITION: 34°55.4S /020°50.2’E DAYS RUN: 135 nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 2,073 nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 174 nm WIND: Wind Force 4, SSE WEATHER: Fair, 5/8 cloud, visibility very good, barometer 1020 millibars and falling slowly SWELL HEIGHT
DATE: Dec 29th, 2014 BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +3 NOON POSITION: 34°14.7’S /025°46.1’E DAYS RUN: 162 nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1,829 nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 420 nm WIND: Wind Force 4-5, SxE WEATHER: Fair, 7/8 cloud, visibility very good, barometer 1021 millibars and
DATE: Dec 28th, 2014 BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +3 NOON POSITION: 33°07.9’S /028°34.3’E DAYS RUN: 210 nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1,667 nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 581 nm WIND: Wind Force 1, Variable WEATHER: Rain, overcast, visibility moderate, barometer 1018 millibars and steady SWELL
BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +3 NOON POSITION: 30°31.3’S /034°16.6’E DAYS RUN: 120 nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1317 nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 950 nm WIND: Wind Force 5, Southerly WEATHER: fair, 6/8 cloud, visibility very good, barometer 1016 millibars and steady SWELL HEIGHT &
BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +3 NOON POSITION: 29°57.9’S /036°26.7’E DAYS RUN: 71nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 1,197nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 1,037nm WIND: Wind Force 3-4, NxE WEATHER: fair, 1/8 cloud, visibility very good, barometer 1016 millibars and steady SWELL HIGHT & DIRECTION: NNE 1-2m
