DAYS RUN - DATE: Dec 18th, 2014 BOUND FROM: Reunion Island, France, Indian Ocean TOWARDS: Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean TIME ZONE: GMT +4 NOON POSITION:26°33.5’S /048°12.6’E DAYS RUN: 96nm PASSAGE DISTANCE RUN: 532nm DISTANCE REMAINING: 1,727nm COURSE AND SPEED: WxS 243T, 4.4 knots WIND: Wind Force 4, S WEATHER: fair, 7/8 cloud, visibility very good, barometer 1017 millibars and steady SWELL HEIGHT & DIRECTION: SE 1m SAILS SET: All sails set. SHIPS WORK: Continued to overhaul running rigging and footropes. Overhauled turnbuckles ready for replacing the main stay in Cape Town. Carpentry work continues in two small areas on the quarterdeck. Bent on a new fore topmast staysail. Sailmaking work continues on the new jib, the hatch cover and patching the bridge awning. REMARKS: Caught 3 fish last night and this morning - two wahoo and a mahi mahi, each big enough to make a meal for all hands. An afternoon workshop was held on seizing, and everyone was given some old rope and lengths of small stuff to practice three seizings - more to come tomorrow. 7 days til Christmas and its starting to get festive!
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:16:35 +0000
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